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NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than half of Americans support investigations to isolate President Donald Trump, according to a new Wall Street Journal / NBC poll.
According to the poll, more than 53 percent of respondents said they supported Trump's removal measures and the same percentage expressed dissatisfaction with his job. The bulk of Democrat supporters of the investigation came from 89 percent to 58 percent of independents and nine percent of Republicans.
In addition, half of Americans said they were not confident that Trump had the right goals and policies to become president, while 55 percent said they wanted a president with a new approach different from that of Trump and his predecessor Barack Obama.
The poll comes after the US House of Representatives passed a resolution a few days ago to launch the public phase to investigate the issue of isolating Trump, with a vote of 232 to 196 against, the first official vote of the House in a battle that could extend until the presidential elections in 2020.
Democrats have come under mounting pressure in recent weeks to begin Trump's impeachment proceedings over the scandal sparked by a leaked phone call between him and his Ukrainian counterpart Vladimir Zelinsky, who pressed the latter to raise a case over the son of Democratic rival Joe Biden, the president's favorite in the presidential election. Democrats are a threat to US national security.
