Nearly 8 in 10 Americans say Iran war has been harder than Trump administration expected: Poll

As the U.S. war with Iran approaches the five-month mark, a new survey indicates that more than three-fourths of 2,193 respondents believe the Trump administration has had more difficulty navigating the conflict than it expected.

Two in 10 respondents of the CBS News/YouGov poll said the conflict has gone about as smoothly as the administration expected, while a mere 4 percent said the administration has had an easier time than it anticipated.

When President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu launched the war at the end of February, the former predicted it would only take four to six weeks to complete the coalition’s stated objectives — that is, eliminate the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities.

In the early days of the war, Trump also called on the Iranian people to overthrow the regime that has ruled the Middle Eastern country with an iron fist for nearly five decades.

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