Poll: Majority think Trump Jr. meeting with Russian lawyer was inappropriate

A majority of Americans thinks Donald Trump Jr.’s meeting with a Russian lawyer who promised him damaging information about Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton was inappropriate, according to a new poll.

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found that 53 percent of respondents said it was inappropriate for Trump Jr. to have had the meeting, while 22 percent thought it was appropriate and 25 percent were unsure.

Eighty-one percent of respondents identifying as Democrats said the meeting was inappropriate, while 22 percent of Republicans agreed. Nearly half of Republican respondents, 47 percent, said the meeting was appropriate, while just 4 percent of Democrats said it was appropriate.
The poll also found that President Trump’s relationship with Russia comes in low on respondents’ lists of their most important issues. Just 12 percent of total respondents said Trump’s relationship with Russia was one of the two issues they’re most concerned about, ranking it far behind such issues as healthcare, at 49 percent, and the economy, at 37 percent.

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