America’s Republican voters imagine former President Donald Trump is a extra dependable supply of details about the Russia-Ukraine battle than both their authorities or the media, a brand new poll has proven.

The CBS News/YouGov survey, launched on Sunday, discovered that 79% of Republicans trust Trump for info on the Ukraine disaster. That compares with 60% trust for the US army, 56% for conservative media retailers, 33% for “journalists in the war zone,” and simply 27% for the US State Department.

The poll, which was performed earlier this week, additionally confirmed waning public help for persevering with to ship weapons to Kiev. Just 53% of US adults imagine their authorities ought to give army support to Ukraine, down from 72% two years in the past. While 74% of Democrats favor continued weapons shipments, independents are evenly divided (50%-50%), and 61% of Republicans are opposed.

Opposition to Ukraine support is even increased amongst Trump supporters, 69% of whom say the US mustn’t ship extra munitions to Kiev. Among different Republicans, 55% maintain the similar view, and 45% say Washington ought to proceed to arm Ukrainian forces.

Republicans are also much less prone to view Russia as an adversary. Just 29% of Republican voters say Moscow is an “enemy,” in contrast with 47% of Democrats and 36% of independents. More than three in ten (31%) of Republicans see Russia as an “ally,” the poll discovered, whereas 40% say it’s “unfriendly.”

Views of Russia fluctuate not solely by political occasion, but additionally by age. Americans aged 50 and above – sufficiently old to have been an grownup throughout the Cold War – are about 50% extra seemingly than youthful respondents to see Russia as an “enemy.” However, solely one-third of US adults understand that their nation gained the Cold War. Other responses had been that the US misplaced (5%), neither gained nor misplaced (32%) or “don’t remember” (30%).

Support for Ukraine support is highest (72%) amongst Americans who imagine the US has a “responsibility to promote democracy” throughout the world, the poll confirmed. Among those that see no such obligation for his or her nation, solely 28% imagine Washington ought to give army support to Ukraine.

Just 39% of US adults approve of how President Joe Biden is dealing with the Ukraine disaster. Similarly, 33% approve of Biden’s response to the Israel-Hamas warfare. Six in ten Americans say their president ought to urge Israel to both cut back or halt its army operations in Gaza.