1. International engagement and support for foreign aid

While now follow new directions in foreign policy under Trump in their second term, Americans have mixed opinions on how they should now deal with other countries.

• 47% of the US adults say that it is best for the country’s future to be active in worldwide.
• 64% think that now they should be ready to compromise with other countries in the main international issues.
• Most Americans say that now they should give side aid, but support is very different on the basis of their purpose.

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Should they be active in world affairs now?

Just under half of Americans (47%) believes it is best for the country’s future to be active in worldwide affairs. A slightly higher proportion (52%) says that now they should pay less attention to problems abroad and concentrate on domestic questions.

There was an increase in the share, saying that it was best for the country to be active in worldwide businesses since 2024, when 42% of Americans held this position.

Views of age, education and party

Older Americans are more likely to now play an active role in worldwide jobs. Most of the 65 years and older (57%) occupy this attitude, as well as about half from 50 to 64 years.

Younger adults are more likely to say that now they should focus on problems at home and not problems abroad. 58% of most adults under the age of 50 say this, while 41% prefers that they are now active in world affairs.

Support for international engagement is higher among Americans with multiple education: 65% of those who have postgraduate studies say that it is best to now be active in worldwide jobs, while 53% of those with a four -year college degree and 41% with a college or less education agree.

About six Democrats and Democratic Independents say they should now be active in world affairs, compared to about one -third of Republicans and Republican crossings (32%). This proportion increases to 72% among democrats identified as liberal.

For their part, Republicans consistently favored the domestic focus. About two -thirds of the Republicans say that now they should focus on problems at home, regardless of ideology.

Is it necessary to consider the interests of other countries now?

Most Americans (64%) say that when dealing with the main international issues, now they should consider the interests of other countries, even if it means compromise. About a third (34%) says that now they should follow their own interests, even when other countries disagree.

A proportion that favors international compromise has increased significantly since 2023, when 59% of Americans kept this opinion.

Views of the party

The vast majority of Democrats (83%) say that the US should consider the interests of other countries when solving the main international issues. These include 76% of moderate or conservative democrats and 91% of liberal democrats.

Republicans are more divided. About half (52%) says that now they should follow their own interests, even when other countries disagree strongly. This share increases to 58% among conservative Republicans.

For what reasons are they now need side to help?

The support of Americans for foreign assistance differs depending on its intention. More than three quarters say help should be assisted by developing countries for medicine and medical supplies (83%) or food and clothing (78%).

Smaller majority supports assistance to economic development (63%) or strengthening democracy (61%) in other countries.

Less Americans approve of assistance in the support of soldiers of other countries (39%) or artistic and cultural activities (34%).

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Opinions about foreign assistance relate to the views of the general international engagement: Americans who think they should now be active in worldwide are more likely than those who say that the country should focus on domestic questions to support foreign help for all purposes.

Views of the party

Opinions about foreign assistance are greatly different from the party. Democrats are more supported by the Republicans of every kind of foreign aid we asked about.

The partisan gap is the greatest in assistance for artistic and cultural activities in other countries. 54% of most Democrats say that now they should provide this type of assistance, compared to 15% of Republicans.

Democrats are also at least 30 percentage points that are more likely than Republicans to approve of assistance that supports economic development and stronger democracy.

And although partisan defects still appear, most Democrats and Republicans say that they should now give medicines and medical supplies, as well as food and clothing developing countries.

Views of age

Older Americans generally support foreign help for aid for various reasons. Those 50 and more have about 8 points more likely than adults under 50, and now they should provide help for medicine and medical supplies, food and clothing, strengthening democracy and military support.

Significantly, this pattern turns when it comes to assistance for art and cultural activity. Adults under the age of 50 have 10 points more likely than their older colleagues to say that they should now provide this type of assistance (39% compared to 29%).

On the side of assistance that supports economic development, adults at the age of 50 and over, and those under the age of 50 express similar support (64% compared to 62%).

Views with education

Americans with multiple education, compared to those who have less, more supporting most of the types of help we asked about. For example, 73% of Americans with postgraduate degree say they should now help to strengthen democracy in other countries, compared to 65% of people whose greatest achievement is a four -year faculty diploma. The smaller majority of those who have some college or less education (56%) support foreign help to strengthen democracy.

There is a very similar form for assistance for economic development. Almost three quarters of adults with postgraduate degree say this is something they should give now, compared to 66% of people with a four -year diploma and 60% of people with some college education or less.

For most other types of foreign aid, people with at least a four -year degree support more than one without one.