Americans prefer Trump to Biden to handle conflict in Israel: poll

Former President Donald Trump is the favorite among the American people to handle the crisis in Israel, according to a recently released poll.

Forty-six percent of Americans respondents by Deseret News and HarrisX said they trusted Trump to lead the U.S. response to the Israel-Hamas war, while only 36% said they trusted Biden more. Biden has drawn criticism from the left and the right for his handling of the crisis in Israel.

Trump criticized Biden in November for failing to secure the release of American hostages held by Hamas.

“Has anyone noticed that Hamas has returned people from other countries but, so far, has not returned any American hostages?” trump he asked on Truth Social, its social media platform.

“There is only one reason for this, NOT WITH RESPECT TO OUR COUNTRY OR OUR LEADERSHIP. This is a very sad and dark period in America!”

Eight or nine Americans were still being held as of November 27, and the United States did not have “solid information on each and every one of them.” seconds in the White House.

Democrats have also been critical of Biden's approach to Israel, but for different reasons.

An Associated Press/NORC Center for Public Affairs Research poll published on November 9 found that 46% of Democrats opposed Biden's response to the war in Israel. Forty-four percent of Democrats thought the United States under Biden did not support the Palestinians enough.

Trump enjoyed an even bigger lead over Biden on Israel among independents. Forty-four percent of independents said they preferred Trump to lead America's response to Israel, compared with just 28 percent who said they would want Biden.

Trump also has a significant lead over his primary opponents among Republican voters on the issue of Israel.

Thirty percent of Republican voters thought Trump had the best position on the war in Israel. Nikki Haley, the next most popular choice, was selected by only 8% of respondents.

The Deseret/HarrisX poll was conducted Nov. 21-22, included 1,012 registered voters and had a margin of error of 3.1 percent.

Foreign policy leadership isn't the only area where Trump is polling well.

A CNN poll released Monday shown Trump ahead of Biden in Georgia and Michigan, based on one series of surveys showing Trump winning key battleground states.

Trump has also maintained his commanding lead in the Republican primary, topping 51 percent of support in Iowa ahead of the state's influential caucus, according to an NBC poll. released Monday. An average of national primary polls conducted by 538 has Trump at 59.3% with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis his closest competitor at an average of 12.6% of Republican voters.

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