"A majority of voters, 58 percent, said presidents should only send military forces to cities that face external threats. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump during a roundtable discussion in the State Dining Room of the White House on October 8, 2025.Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images Two sets of recent polling data demonstrate that Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's actions in office so far - particularly his mobilization of the National Guard in U.S. cities."
"A Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Wednesday found that Americans largely disapprove of troops being deployed to U.S. cities when there isn't an external threat. Nearly 6 in 10 Americans, 58 percent, said the president should only deploy troops to areas of the country facing an external threat, while fewer than 3 in 10 Americans, 25 percent, disagreed with that sentiment."
A Reuters/Ipsos poll found 58 percent of respondents said presidents should only deploy military forces to cities facing external threats, while 25 percent disagreed. Forty-eight percent of respondents opposed a president sending troops to a state if the state governor disapproved; 37 percent said a president should be allowed to send troops without the governor's consent. The poll followed President Trump telling generals and admirals to prepare to face an “enemy within.” Attempts to send National Guard troops to Portland and Chicago have produced a temporary judicial hold in Portland and a pending hearing on Chicago deployments. Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act.
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