Biden’s popularity is the lowest since he took office – SME.sk

WASHINGTON. The popularity of the American president Joe Biden has fallen by seven percentage points and is currently the lowest since he took office. Reuters reported on Wednesday.

According to the latest Ipsos Public Opinion Survey 46 percent of American adults trusted the president. This is the worst result since January, when he became the head of the White House.

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Biden’s popularity declined after the Taliban entered the Afghan capital Kabul and “erased” two decades of the US military presence in the country, Reuters reported.

However, most Republican and Democratic voters said the chaos in Afghanistan was proof that the United States should have withdrawn earlier.

The Ipsos poll also showed that 75 percent of Americans support the decision to send more troops to Kabul to ensure the smooth relocation of US embassy staff and Afghan interpreters.

The poll also found that President Biden’s actions are currently less positive than those of former President George W. Bush, who ordered the invasion of Afghanistan and ultimately stood at the beginning of “US troops’ futile efforts,” “Reuters reported.

About 44 percent of respondents said they thought Biden had done a “good job” in Afghanistan. By comparison, as many as 51 percent of respondents appreciated the way its predecessors, former presidents, led the military campaign in Afghanistan. Donald Trump a Barack Obama.