Military Times Polls, surveying active-duty troops in partnership with the Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) at Syracuse University, have seen a steady drop in troops’ opinion of the commander in chief since his election four years ago.
In the latest results — based on 1,018 active-duty troops surveyed in late July and early August — nearly half of respondents (49.9 percent) had an unfavorable view of the president, compared to about 38 percent who had a favorable view. Questions in the poll had a margin of error of up to 2 percent.
Maybe sucking up to President Putin and refusing to condemn the bounties on American troops wasn’t such a good move. But really, this has been happening for a long time. Maybe troops just don’t feel that having a lunatic ignoramus for a Commander-In -Chief is a smart defense strategy.