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continues to thrive than ever. it remains a trusted resource, generations. >> advanced reagans legacy. the n should e we work on taking reagan's ideas

principles and values and making sure that those engaged in public policy, thought leaders here in town are really looking at reagan ideas and principles as they advance u.s. public policy. >> how are you funded and how long has the foundation been around. >> it's a 501(c)(3) since they started the library back in 1991. the institute in d.c. has been around for about seven years. we have our presence right next to the white house on 16th street. >> when and why did decide to start surveying americans on these defense issues we are talking about. guest: president reagan had a strong legacy on leadership in the world particularly on advancing peace through strength and we for some time have been engaging with american thought leaders and elected officials on these issues and found it really was a gap in the discussion of where the views are the american people. oftentimes your elected officials talk about americans believe x or y but it is not

backed up by a lot of evidence. we sought to do with our surveys to make sure when it comes to foreign policy, and national security and defense there is a survey with a pretty deep dive to make sure elected officials and policymakers understand where the american people were. host: how money people are surveyed. guest: we did this in early november, 2500 people were reached out to buy our polling services, some questions were over 1500. overall 2500 respondents. >> treere talking about 50% trump voters prefer a "engaged international american leadership approache international stage. 79%truggling on increasing defense spending at the highest level ever reported on one of these surveys and 71% for more defense spending in the summer

of 2023 polling and so what stuck out from you. >> the first one you mentioned was the one that got our attention. 57% of the american people believe american should be leading in the world and i think surprising to many of those who looked at our survey, 61% of trump voters. there is a big broad coalition the put president trump back into office, there is certainly a pocket of those voters who actually look to reduce america's role in the world. but the survey bears out the majority of them actually are in line with a very reaganesque worldview. that is up significantly not just to where we were on the last survey as we saw her trump voters were but some demographics that really stand out. this is trump voters, young voters want to see america leading the world. a significant jump in the last survey. host: want to get engaged

international american leadership approach is that at odds in your mind with a campaign slogan, a campaign platform that's america first. >> how you have america first, what is america first and what this survey really bears out in terms of what american leadership is and what president trump often campaigned on and you kind of stitched together how the american interpreting that. american leadership in the world should first and foremost be about america's national interest. i don't think you will hear the trump supporters going through. that's not -- what they want to see in the world is america is leading america's interests are being advanced and that is what i think 61% of those trump voters were probably getting behind. there is a recognition for american interests, american security, american prosperity it can be done simply by