Trump: ‘I don’t care about polling’ showing Iran strikes unpopular

President Trump dismissed polls showing low approval among Americans for the U.S. military operation in Iran, saying public sentiment actually reflects otherwise.

“I think that the polling is very good, but I don’t care about polling. I have to do the right thing. I have to do the right thing. This should have been done a long time ago,” Trump said in an interview with the New York Post published on Monday

“I don’t think the polling is low,” he told the outlet. “Look, whether polling is low or not, I think the polling is probably fine. But it’s not a question of polling. You cannot let Iran, who’s a nation that has been run by crazy people, have a nuclear weapon.” 

Several polls conducted since Saturday’s overnight strikes show that a majority of Americans disapprove of military intervention in Iran. Fifty-nine percent of surveyed Americans said they disapproved of the U.S. decision to take military action in Iran, while 41 percent said they approved, according to a CNN poll released on Monday. 

A separate Reuters/Ipsos poll released Sunday found that only 1 in 4 Americans approve of the strikes. 

The operation, which has been dubbed Operation Epic Fury, comes as Washington, in coordination with Israel, launched its first strikes on the country on Saturday, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and a number of other senior Iranian officials.

The conflict has now extended with Iran launching retaliatory strikes toward Israel, and Gulf states that host U.S. bases, including the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and others.

The U.S. Central Command confirmed on Monday that a fourth U.S. service member was killed after suffering injuries from Iran’s initial attacks. Trump and other U.S. officials have predicted there would likely be more American casualties as a result of the operation.

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