Obama best US President of recent years: Survey
Washington, July 12 : Forty-four per cent of Americans believe that former President Barack Obama did "the best job" of any president in their lifetime, according to a new survey.
Obama, who served two terms, is the best or second-best president of their lifetime, Politico quoted the Pew Research Centre survey. Bill Clinton came in next with 33 per cent, followed by Ronald Reagan with 32 per cent.
Only 19 per cent of those surveyed said President Donald Trump has done the best or second-best job.
That percentage, however, is comparable to Obama's during his first term in 2011, with only 20 per cent viewing him as one of the best presidents.
Obama was the most popular with younger voters. More than half - 62 per cent - of millennials said Obama had done one of the best jobs as commander in chief.
Interviews with 2,002 adults were conducted from June 5 to 12 by landline or cellphone.
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US VP JD Vance says Lebanon not part of ceasefire, calls it ‘misunderstanding’
Budapest/Washington: US Vice President J D Vance has said that Lebanon was never included in the ceasefire understanding with Iran, describing the confusion as a “legitimate misunderstanding”.
Speaking to reporters before departing from Hungary, Vance said, “I think the Iranians thought that the ceasefire included Lebanon and it just didn’t. We never made that promise.”
He stressed that the United States had not included Lebanon in the scope of the ceasefire at any stage.
His remarks come amid continued Israeli strikes in Lebanon, where more than 200 people were reported killed, even as ceasefire talks between Iran and the US move forward.
Vance said Israel had “offered … to check themselves a little bit in Lebanon because they want to make sure that our negotiation is successful”.
He warned that if Iran allows the situation in Lebanon to affect the negotiations, it could derail the talks.
“If Iran wants to let this negotiation fall apart in a conflict where they were getting hammered over Lebanon, which has nothing to do with them and which the United States never once said was part of the ceasefire, that’s ultimately their choice,” he said.
