More than half of Britons disapprove of Donald Trump‘s raid on Venezuela – but the US President remains slightly more popular than Sir Keir Starmer.
A YouGov poll found 51 per cent of Britons disapprove of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a military operation.
This compares to just 21 per cent who approve of Mr Trump’s astonishing action against the South American leader.
But the Venezuela raid does not seem to have affected the US President’s popularity ratings in the UK.
One-fifth (20 per cent) of Brits hold a favourable view of Mr Trump, while more than three-quarters (76 per cent) hold an unfavourable view of him.
This is effectively unchanged from YouGov’s previous survey in mid-December.
Mr Trump is marginally more popular than Sir Keir, with only 18 per cent of Brits holding a favourable view of the PM and 74 per cent holding an unfavourable view.
After being captured in his country’s capital Caracas, Mr Maduro was first taken to Guantanamo Bay and then on to New York.
More than half of Britons disapprove of Donald Trump’s raid on Venezuela – but the US President remains slightly more popular than Sir Keir Starmer
A YouGov poll found 51 per cent of Britons disapprove of the US capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a military operation
Mr Trump is marginally more popular than Sir Keir, with only 18 per cent of Brits holding a favourable view of the PM and 74 per cent holding an unfavourable view
He and his wife have been charged with drug and gun offences, accused of running an extensive drug-trafficking operation that flooded the US with cocaine.
The YouGov poll found Mr Maduro is poorly-known in the UK, with 65 per cent answering ‘don’t know’ when asked what they think of him.
But the number who dislike the Venezuelan leader dramatically outnumber those with a positive view, by 33 per cent to 2 per cent.
The survey showed Reform UK voters were primarily in favour of the US military operation in Venezuela.
Nearly half (49 per cent) of those who backed Nigel Farage’s party at the 2024 general election approve of Mr Trump’s action, compared to 22 per cent who disapprove.
This compared to approval rates of only 31 per cent among Tory voters, 12 per cent of Labour and Liberal Democrat voters and 5 per cent of Green supporters.
Nearly one-third (32 per cent) of all voters think the UK Government should have condemned Mr Trump’s actions.
But the same proportion (also 32 per cent) said Sir Keir and his ministers were right to neither condemn nor praise the US President’s decision.
Only 8 per cent think the Government should have praised Mr Trump.
