US: Americans Inceasingly Aligned With Trump's Agenda

A new surveyfrom the New York Times and Ipsos has found that many Americans who otherwise disapprove of Trump, “share his bleak assessment of the country’s problems and support some of his most contentious prescriptions to fix them.” The report suggests that Americans are more aligned with Trump ahead of his second term than they were during his first term. 

• The Times notes: “A little more than half of the country expresses some desire to see Mr. Trump follow through with his harshest threat to deal with illegal immigration: deporting everyone living in the United States without authorization.
• “Americans are more evenly split on whether Mr. Trump should implement tariffs on countries like China and Mexico, which he has vowed to do as a way to reduce reliance on foreign goods. Still, 46 percent say that trade with foreign nations should be subject to increased tariffs."
• The Times adds: “For a political figure so divisive — Americans view him more negatively than any other president about to take office in the last 70 years — the level of support for his ideas is striking.” 

Figure 1: Support for Trump Policies, "how likely do you think it is that Trump will try to do each of the following over the next four years?"