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Only 24% of Americans believe President Donald Trump's war with Iran was worth the costs, while his approval rating has fallen to 34%, matching the lowest level of his second term, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll published Tuesday.
The five-day poll, which closed Monday, found that half of respondents said the conflict was not worth it, while the rest were unsure.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll also showed that 63% of Americans believe it is unlikely that the preliminary deal signed by Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian will lead to lasting peace between the two countries.
Just 18% of Americans said lasting peace was likely, including 10% of Democrats and 34% of Republicans.
Trump's approval rating dropped to 34%, returning to the lowest level of his second term, which was last reached in an April survey.
The poll found that the war weighed heavily on Trump's popularity after he won the 2024 presidential election, promising to reduce inflation and keep the United States out of costly foreign wars.
Trump started his current term with a 47% approval rating, but his popularity has declined amid high inflation and controversy over his aggressive efforts to deport people in the country illegally.
Those efforts have included deadly confrontations with pro-immigration activists.
Only 23% of Americans, including about half of Republicans, said the United States is now in a stronger position with Iran than it was before the war, according to the Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Some 35% said the United States is in a weaker position.
The rest said they were not sure or that the U.S. position was about the same as before.
Trump and Pezeshkian signed a preliminary deal on June 17 that would reopen oil and gas shipping lanes frozen by the conflict while easing U.S.-led economic pressure on Iran.
The deal has led to a rapid drop in global crude oil prices, although for most Americans, gasoline prices remain considerably higher than before the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli strikes that started the war.
Iran responded to the initial attack with strikes that shut down a fifth of global oil trade and damaged energy facilities of U.S. regional allies.
The poll found that about half of Republicans and eight in 10 Democrats said the deal Trump signed was unlikely to deliver peace.
The findings come as Trump's political brand has long leaned on his background as a deal-making real estate developer and reality television star.
His approval rating on the cost of living stood at 22%, near the lowest level of his presidency and below the rating of former President Joe Biden at the end of his presidency.
Trump's falling popularity could weigh on Republican allies as they prepare to defend their congressional majorities in the Nov. 3 midterm elections.
The Reuters/Ipsos poll found that just 17% of independent registered voters said they would vote for the Republican in their district if the election were held today.
By comparison, 34% said they would vote for the Democrat.
The poll also showed that 37% of Americans approved of Trump's handling of immigration, the lowest level of his term and down from 40% in the previous Reuters/Ipsos poll.
The latest Reuters/Ipsos poll gathered responses from 1,262 U.S. adults nationwide.
Its results had a margin of error of 3 percentage points in either direction.
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