PressTV-Most Americans say Trump will get US into war: Poll

A majority of Americans are concerned that US President Donald Trump will get the United States tied up in a new conflict, according to a new poll.

The YouGov poll released on Wednesday found that 56 percent of poll respondents said Trump will get the country into another war.

Some 28 percent thought it is “very likely” and 9 percent thought it was “fairly likely.” Just 16 percent thought it was “fairly unlikely,” and 9 percent thought it was “very unlikely.”

Even a large percentage of voters from Trump’s own Republican Party think he’ll likely get the United States into a war.

Some 30 percent of GOP respondents said it was likely, while 46 percent said it was unlikely and 85 percent of Democrats felt it was likely.

Americans’ concerns about a potential war could have been fueled by a recent US -led missile strike on Syria ordered by Trump purportedly in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack.

But even before…

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