❓WHAT HAPPENED: New polling data continues to show U.S. voters believe President Donald J. Trump is too focused on conflicts abroad and not enough on problems plaguing Americans at home.
👤WHO WAS INVOLVED: President Trump, American voters, YouGov, CBS News, and The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam.
📍WHEN & WHERE: The poll was conducted from March 17-20 and released on Monday, March 23, 2026.
💬KEY QUOTE: “I’m not afraid to look down the barrel of the camera and say to the Trump administration, that because of all of these foreign trips and foreign focus over the last year, you have squandered what could have been, otherwise, an electorally palatable night.” — Raheem Kassam
🎯IMPACT: The data found 66 percent of independents—one of the, if not the most, critical voting block in U.S. elections—say the Trump administration is “focused too little” on domestic matters.
New polling data continues to show U.S. voters believe President Donald J. Trump is too focused on conflicts abroad and not enough on problems plaguing Americans at home. A survey of American voters, conducted by YouGov on behalf of CBS News from March 17-20, found 66 percent of independents—one of the, if not the most, critical voting block in U.S. elections—say the Trump administration is “focused too little” on domestic matters.
The poll is a stark warning for President Trump, especially with several other recent surveys showing plummeting support for Operation Epic Fury—the ongoing U.S.-Israeli military strikes against the Islamic Republic of Iran he authorized on February 28. Concerningly, the data also indicates that Trump’s overall approval rating remains significantly underwater ahead of the 2026 congressional midterm elections this November, with just 40 percent of voters approving of the job he is doing, while 60 percent disapprove. Especially troubling is that just 36 voters approve of his handling of the economy, while 64 percent disapprove.
Last November, The National Pulse Editor-in-Chief Raheem Kassam warned the Trump White House that its focus on foreign policy and diplomatic trips abroad was hurting its domestic agenda. “And in the last year, I’m afraid to say it, but I’m not afraid to look down the barrel of the camera and say to the Trump administration, that because of all of these foreign trips and foreign focus over the last year, you have squandered what could have been, otherwise, an electorally palatable night,” Kassam told British political commentator Harry Cole.
As I told @MrHarryCole in November. pic.twitter.com/36gbCMhbjc
— Raheem J. Kassam (@RaheemKassam) March 23, 2026
The YouGov data shows that voters share a similar sentiment, with 61 percent rating the U.S. economy as either “fairly bad” or “very bad.”
Meanwhile, 62 percent say they disapprove of President Trump’s handling of the conflict with Iran, indicating that even on the foreign policy front, the administration is losing ground with the electorate.
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