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NPR/Ipsos Poll: Americans Aren't So Hot On 'America First'

President Trump is on his first foreign trip, taking him to the Middle East and Europe. But a new poll from NPR and Ipsos shows Americans are skeptical of Trump's populist foreign policy.

As President Trump begins his first overseas trip, Americans have widely differing views of his approach to foreign policy. But a majority of both Republicans and Democrats want the U.S. to continue its robust engagement with the rest of the world.

More than half the people surveyed in a said America's foreign policy should focus on maintaining the current global order — with the U.S. at the center. Less than a quarter said

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