--- title: Donald Trump Foreign Policy Ideas Take Root, Poll Shows description: Nearly 60% of Americans want the United States to deal with its own problems and leave other countries to deal with their own issues canonical: https://time.com/4319341/pew-poll-foreign-policy-donald-trump/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-05T14:33:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:11.708Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Foreign Policy Ideas Take Root, Poll Shows og:description: Nearly 60% of Americans want the United States to deal with its own problems and leave other countries to deal with their own issues og:url: https://time.com/4319341/pew-poll-foreign-policy-donald-trump/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt90abc553a240cbc4/698892010a4a22015f9c98b5/donald-trump4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at The Palladium in Carmel, Ind., Monday, May 2, 2016. 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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a rally at The Palladium in Carmel, Ind., on May 2, 2016.Michael Conroy—AP  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent May 5, 2016 2:33 PM UTC Nearly 60% of Americans want the United States to deal with its own problems and leave other countries to deal with their own issues, according to a [new poll](http://www.people-press.org/2016/05/05/public-uncertain-divided-over-americas-place-in-the-world/). The poll, conducted by Pew Research, [follows calls](http://time.com/4309786/read-donald-trumps-america-first-foreign-policy-speech/) from presumptive GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump to reduce U.S. involvement in conflicts elsewhere around the globe. The U.S. desire for a more [isolationist approach](http://time.com/4277503/debunking-trumps-foreign-policy/) extends to economic issues, the poll shows. Nearly 50% of those surveyed said that involvement in the global economy costs jobs. Both the Republican and Democratic Parties have strong contingents that support isolationist policies, but members of GOP were particularly likely to support reduced international engagement. 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