Public opinion is still an important form of accountability for the role political leaders choose to have America play in the world.
For nearly 50 years, the Chicago Council on Global Affairs has been tracking American public opinion on U.S. foreign policy through its annual survey. It began at the behest of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who wanted to know whether the public would still support an active foreign policy in the wake of the Vietnam War and the Watergate scandal. The first survey concluded that Americans opposed sending troops abroad but, overall, supported engagement in the world.
While most Republican lawmakers maintain a tough stance toward Russia, Trump took a suspiciously friendly approach toward Russian President Vladimir Putin, and that seems to have shaped the small soft-on-Russia club in Congress, along with some of the Republican rank and file. With Russia more aggressive on the world stage today than it has been in decades, this shift has even some Republican leaders alarmed.
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