There was an underrated storyline of the 2024 election, one that’s increasingly starting to resurface now, as President Donald Trump goes on a foreign policy crusade, threatening to upend longstanding geopolitical norms between the United States and our allies (*cough, acquiring Greenland, cough*): Gen Z really doesn’t want to go to war. Just one in 10 Americans ages 18 to 34 years old said the US should take the leading role in world affairs, which is 10 percentage points lower than those ages 35 to 54 and 13 points lower than those 55 and older, according to a Gallup poll from March 2025. As Tim, a 24-year-old in Illinois, shared in January 2026 by text, he believes Trump is “using foreign policy for his own good and gain, whether to make him and his all[ies] and friends richer or to make himself look like the most powerful person in the world.”
Author: Rachel Janfaza
Published at: 2026-02-02 23:47:04
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