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Even as U.S. President Donald Trump hails the recent U.S. attack on Venezuela and ousting of the country\u2019s president as \u201camazing<\/a>,\u201d new polling suggests that Americans remain deeply divided over the move.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Prior to last weekend\u2019s operation, polling suggested that Americans were largely against any U.S. military action in Venezuela. A Quinnipiac University poll in December, for example, found that about 63 percent<\/a> of respondents expressed opposition, while a whopping 70 percent<\/a> said the same in a CBS News\/YouGov survey from November.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Even as U.S. President Donald Trump hails the recent U.S. attack on Venezuela and ousting of the country\u2019s president as <\/span>\u201c<\/span>amazing<\/span><\/a>,\u201d<\/span> new polling suggests that Americans remain deeply divided over the move.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to last weekend\u2019s operation, polling suggested that Americans were largely against any U.S. military action in Venezuela. A Quinnipiac University poll in December, for example, found that about <\/span>63 percent<\/span><\/a> of respondents expressed opposition, while a whopping <\/span>70 percent<\/span><\/a> said the same in a CBS News\/YouGov survey from November.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But Americans are more evenly split in their approval and disapproval of this weekend\u2019s developments, according to <\/span>new polling<\/span><\/a> published by Reuters\/Ipsos on Monday. The poll, which was conducted on Jan. 4 and 5 and surveyed more than 1,200 adults nationwide, offers an <\/span>illuminating look<\/span><\/a> into how the American public views the controversial military operation that has come to dominate much of the world\u2019s attention.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

World leaders, it turns out, <\/span>aren\u2019t the only ones<\/span><\/a> with mixed reactions to the U.S. attack. The poll\u2019s findings suggest that the American public also harbors a wide range of views, with no one reaction clearly on top. What is clear, however, is a wariness that the White House will become too deeply mired in Venezuela\u2019s domestic affairs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey don\u2019t want to get too involved. They don\u2019t want U.S. troops in Venezuela,\u201d said Alec Tyson, a lead pollster and senior vice president at Ipsos Public Affairs, which conducted the polling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat presents really a narrow path here for the administration, where Americans are open to\u2014or perhaps hoping for\u2014some positive outcomes, but they\u2019re very cautious about getting too involved,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That challenge is reflected in the data: 33 percent of the survey\u2019s respondents approved of the U.S. military action, almost evenly matching the 34 percent of respondents who disapproved. There\u2019s also a deep sense of uncertainty; 32 percent of people said they were not sure how to feel.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n