{"id":4174,"date":"2026-11-11T09:03:50","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4174"},"modified":"2026-11-11T09:03:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T04:03:50","slug":"americans-want-new-congress-to-end-iran-war-repeal-trump-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=4174","title":{"rendered":"Americans want new Congress to end Iran war, repeal Trump tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Majorities of Americans want the newly elected Democratic-majority US Congress to act to end \u200bthe war with Iran and to repeal tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump<\/a>, signalling demand for quick action to address \u200cthe high cost of living, a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll<\/a> found.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The four-day poll, completed on Monday, showed 71% of Americans \u2013 including 93% of Democrats and 51% of Republicans \u2013 want the US Congress to pass legislation ending the conflict with Iran that Trump launched alongside US ally Israel in February.<\/p>\n

Democrats won their largest majorities<\/a> in the Senate and House of Representatives since at least 2008 \u200bin last week\u2019s midterm elections<\/a>, in a sharp rebuke to Trump\u2019s Republicans over high costs and a deeply unpopular war.<\/p>\n

Democrats will take \u200bpower when the new Congress is sworn in on January 3.<\/p>\n

A smaller but still-significant share of respondents \u2013 62% \u2013 said \u2060they would support an effort to repeal tariffs on imports put in place by the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

The war with Iran has pushed fuel prices sharply \u200bhigher, adding to inflation already stoked by the new taxes Trump slapped on hundreds of imported goods.<\/p>\n

Trump has defended the war as necessary to prevent Iran \u200bfrom acquiring a nuclear weapon. The tariffs, he has said, will boost American industry by protecting it from cheap imports.<\/p>\n

Democratic Party leaders have vowed to address cost-of-living concerns and say they will try to force an end to the US war with Iran. Many in the party have also vowed to end Trump\u2019s tariffs.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Desire for bipartisanship<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Large majorities \u200bof people in both political parties said it was important for Trump to make an effort to work with Democrats and for Democratic leaders in the \u200bnew Congress to try to work with the president.<\/p>\n

Nine in 10 respondents said cost of living issues should be a focus for the Congress during its first 100 days.<\/p>\n

Smaller \u200cshares wanted \u2060a focus on issues like artificial intelligence regulation, immigration reform and climate change.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Opposition to impeachment<\/strong><\/h3>\n

But many Americans appear concerned Democrats will use their new power to launch legal proceedings against Trump. Some 42% of poll respondents said it would be \u201cbad for the country\u201d if the new Congress tried to impeach Trump, compared with 33% who said it would be good for the country. The rest weren\u2019t sure or didn\u2019t answer the question.<\/p>\n

Congressional Democrats are divided<\/a> on how to bring down \u200bhealthcare costs, and also disagree on \u200bhow aggressively to target Trump, including \u2060whether to impeach the president or members of his cabinet.<\/p>\n

Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth is expected to face a House impeachment vote<\/a> this week, following a move by a Republican lawmaker.<\/p>\n

While Trump said<\/a> after the elections he would \u201cprobably\u201d get along with \u200bDemocrats, he also promoted Stephen Miller<\/a>, a polarising aide who has called the Democratic Party a domestic extremist group, \u200bto be his new \u2060White House chief of staff.<\/p>\n

While the poll showed Trump\u2019s approval rating near the lowest level of his political career<\/a>, at 32%, it also showed Democrats were not particularly popular either.<\/p>\n

Some 45% of Americans had a favourable view of Democrats, while 51% had an unfavourable view. Some 35% had a favourable view of Republicans, and 60% viewed them unfavourably.<\/p>\n

Asked \u2060which party \u200bhad a better approach to regulating artificial intelligence, which could be an important issue<\/a> for Congress \u200bin the coming months, 28% picked Democrats, and 20% picked Republicans, while the rest said they weren\u2019t sure or that neither was better.<\/p>\n

The Reuters\/Ipsos poll, which was conducted online and nationwide, gathered responses from \u200b1,705 US adults and had a margin of error of about 2 percentage points.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Majorities of Americans want the newly elected Democratic-majority US Congress to act to end \u200bthe war with Iran and to repeal tariffs put in place by President Donald Trump, signalling demand for quick action to address \u200cthe high cost of living, a new Reuters\/Ipsos poll found. The four-day poll, completed on Monday, showed 71% of Americans \u2013 including 93% of Democrats and 51% of Republicans \u2013 want the US Congress to pass legislation ending the conflict with Iran that Trump launched alongside US ally Israel in February. Democrats won their…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4174"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4174\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}