65% of Americans believe Trump will send troops to Iran, poll finds
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The Reuters/Ipsos poll, released on March 19, also found that nearly 60% of Americans disapprove of the war.
Sixty-five percent of Americans believe President Donald Trump will "order troops into a large-scale ground war" in Iran, and only 7% support it, the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll released on March 19 found.
The poll, conducted from March 17 to March 19, found that 55% of respondents opposed deploying any ground troops, while 34% said they would support deploying a small number of special forces troops to Iran. Fifty-nine percent of respondents disapproved of the war.
Trump claimed the United States is not sending troops to the Middle East, even as a U.S. Navy warship carrying more than 2,000 Marines has been spotted moving into the region. Reuters, citing unnamed sources, reported that the Trump administration is considering deploying thousands of U.S. troops as part of the next steps in the campaign against Iran.
When asked by reporters in the Oval Office on March 19 whether he intends to put more U.S. troops in the region, the president said no.
"I'm not putting troops anywhere," Trump explained. "If I were, I certainly wouldn't tell you. But I'm not putting troops."
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