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Amid a week of daily attacks between Middle Eastern juggernauts Israel and Iran, President Donald Trump has repeatedly drilled home a key point.
“IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,” the president wrote on social media.
And speaking with reporters in the Oval Office at the White House, Trump highlighted, “I’ve been saying for 20 years, maybe longer, that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.”
It’s a stance U.S. presidents have taken for a couple of decades. And it appears most Americans agree with Trump and his presidential predecessors when it comes to the possibility of Iran acquiring nuclear weapons.
FOX NEWS POLL: VOTERS THINK IRAN POSES REAL THREAT TO U.S. SECURITY
President Donald Trump, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 18, 2025, takes questions from reporters regarding the possibility of launching a military strike on Iran. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Nearly three-quarters (73%) of registered voters questioned in a new Fox News national survey said they think Iran poses a real security threat to the U.S. That’s a 13-point boost since Fox News last asked the question six years ago.
And the poll, conducted June 13-16, indicates wide support across the partisan spectrum. Majorities of Republicans (82%), Democrats (69%) and Independents (62%) agreed that Iran poses a threat.
The survey also showed that 78% of those questioned said they were very or extremely concerned about Iran obtaining a nuclear bomb. And eight in 10 said what happens in the Middle East does matter in the U.S.
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Daron Shaw, a veteran GOP pollster and the Republican partner on the Fox News poll, said that “the increased sense that Iran constitutes a threat is real, but it also reflects the unique timing and circumstances surrounding this poll.”
“The poll was in the field as images of Iranian missiles falling on Tel Aviv dominated television and the internet…
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