President Trump gets positive ratings for his handling of the military raid during which Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi died, a new HuffPost/YouGov poll finds, but it’s done little to alter broader public perceptions of the president or his approach to foreign policy.

Baghdadi detonated a suicide vest as U.S. special forces closed in on him last week during an operation in northwest Syria. About half the public, 49%, approves of Trump’s handling of the raid, with just 26% disapproving, and the remainder unsure. 

A quarter of Americans say Trump deserves a great deal of credit for Baghdadi’s death, with just under half saying he deserves at least some credit. Another 37% say he deserves not much credit for the outcome, or not at all. (By contrast, in a 2011 telephone poll from Pew Research and The Washington Post, 35% of Americans said Barack Obama deserved a great deal of credit for the killing of Osama bin Laden, and about three-quarters that he deserved at least some.)

Source: Read Full Article