Fox's Martha MacCallum Confronts Trump Spox With Awful Poll Number: What's His Reaction To That?'

"Well, President Trump is always acting in the best interest of our U.S. national security, Kelly responded. Again, Iran is a country that for 47 years has chanted, Death to America,' has killed Americans overseas, has threatened our troops. She went on to add, And so, the president isn't making decisions based on fluid opinion polls. He's making decisions on what is best for the national security of our country. And there's nothing more paramount than ensuring this rogue regime cannot threaten our country with a nuclear weapon."

"On Monday, Trump announced that at the request of Gulf State allies, he had canceled a U.S. attack on Iran that he claimed was in the works. According to a New York Times poll released on Monday, 64% of Americans believe attacking Iran was the wrong decision. Meanwhile, 65% disapprove of the president's handling of the situation."

"We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action, we knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn't preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties and perhaps even higher those killed, and then we would all be here answering questions about why we knew that and didn't act, Rubio said on March 2."

A White House spokesperson responded to polling showing broad public disapproval of the decision to attack Iran and of the president’s handling of the situation. The spokesperson said the president acts in the best interest of U.S. national security and does not base decisions on shifting opinion polls. Iran was described as having long called for “Death to America,” having killed Americans overseas, and having threatened U.S. troops. The spokesperson emphasized preventing a “rogue regime” from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The secretary of state later said the U.S. struck because officials expected Israeli action that would precipitate attacks on American forces, and that preemption would reduce casualties.

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