Karoline Leavitt shared a poll showing “broad support” for parts of Donald Trump’s Iran peace deal—but failed to mention that a vast majority thought the deal could fall apart anyway.
The White House press secretary, 28, on Tuesday shared on X a Breitbart link to an Economist/YouGov poll conducted last week.
“Poll: Broad Support for Key Objectives in Trump’s Peace Deal with Iran,” Leavitt wrote.
As part of the memorandum of understanding with Iran, there would be a ceasefire, Iran would reopen the Straight of Hormuz, and the country would not “procure or develop nuclear weapons.” Additionally, the U.S. would lift sanctions against Iran while creating a $300 billion reconstruction investment fund for Iran.
The “broad support” Leavitt and Breitbart were referencing appears to be the 69 percent of respondents who said they supported reopening the Strait of Hormuz with “toll-free commercial passage” for 60 days. The same percentage agreed that Iran should promise not to develop nuclear weapons.
But when asked about the deal as a whole, poll respondents were less firmly on Trump’s side. Less than one-third (32 percent) supported the deal, while 24 percent opposed it and 44 percent were unsure.
Additionally, a whopping 81 percent of the poll’s 1,679 respondents said it was either “very” or “somewhat” likely that the deal would fall apart and war would resume. Among self-described “MAGA” supporters, that number was still quite high (71 percent), and among Republicans, it was even higher: 75 percent. That point was highlighted by CBS News’ Kathryn Watson.
Furthermore, only slightly more Americans in the poll felt that the U.S. had “won” the war: 25 percent, compared with 22 percent who chose Iran. A considerable 41 percent said neither won.
The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Negotiations to end the war within 60 days began last weekend in Switzerland. The U.S. delegation is led by Vice President JD Vance, who got off to a rocky start by being forced to deny he had been snubbed by Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi.
