President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with oil executives in the East Room of the White House, Jan. 9, 2026, in Washington, as Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)2026-01-14T12:00:51Z WASHINGTON (AP) More than half of U.S. adults believe President Donald Trump has gone too far in using the U.S. military to intervene in other countries, according to a new AP-NORC poll.The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research was conducted Jan. 8-11, after Venezuelan President Nicols Maduros capture. It found that 56% of U.S. adults think Trump has overstepped on military interventions abroad, while majorities disapprove of how the Republican president is handling foreign policy in general and Venezuela in particular. The findings largely cut against Trumps aggressive foreign policy stance, which has recently included efforts to exert control over Venezuelan oil, calls for the U.S. to take over Greenland and warnings that the U.S. would provide aid to people protesting in Iran. Many did see the Trump administrations recent intervention in Venezuela as a good thing for stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S. and a benefit for the Venezuelan people, but fewer say its a positive for U.S. national security or the U.S. economy. Republicans are mostly following Trumps lead, despite the sharp contrast with the America First platform he ran on. But few Republicans want Trump to go further, underscoring the risks of a continued focus abroad. Most Republicans say Trumps actions have been about right While the U.S. used its military power in Venezuela to capture Maduro, Trump has also made recent comments about seizing Greenland the hard way if Denmarks leaders do not agree to a deal for the U.S. to take it over, and he has warned Iran that the U.S. will come to the rescue of peaceful protesters.Democrats and independents are driving the belief that Trump has overstepped. About 9 in 10 Democrats and roughly 6 in 10 independents say Trump has gone too far on military intervention, compared with about 2 in 10 Republicans. The vast majority of Republicans, 71%, say Trumps actions have been about right, and only about 1 in 10 want to see him go further.About 6 in 10 Americans, 57%, disapprove of how Trump is handling the situation in Venezuela, which is slightly lower than the 61% who disapprove of his approach to foreign policy. Both measures are in line with his overall job approval, which has largely remained steady throughout his second term. Many say the US action in Venezuela will be good for halting drug trafficking Many Americans see some benefits from U.S. intervention in Venezuela. About half of Americans believe the U.S. intervening in Venezuela will be mostly a good thing for halting the flow of illegal drugs into the country. Close to 4 in 10, 44%, believe the U.S. actions will do more to benefit than harm the Venezuelan people, who lived under Maduros dictatorship for more than a decade. But U.S. adults are divided on whether intervention will be good or bad for U.S. economic and national security interests or if it simply wont have an impact. Republicans are more likely than Democrats and independents to see benefits to the U.S. action, particularly its effects on drug trafficking. About 8 in 10 Republicans say Americas intervention will be mostly a good thing for stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the country, but fewer Republicans, about 6 in 10, believe it will benefit the U.S. economy. Democrats and independents drive desire for US to take a less active roleMost Americans dont want greater U.S. involvement in world affairs, the poll found. Nearly half of Americans want the U.S. to take a less active role, and about one-third say its current role is about right.Only about 2 in 10 U.S. adults say they want the country to be more involved globally, including about 1 in 10 Republicans.At least half of Democrats and independents now want the U.S. to do less, a sharp shift from a few months ago. Republicans, meanwhile, have grown more likely to indicate that Trumps level of involvement is right. About 6 in 10 Republicans, 64%, say the countrys current role in world affairs is about right, which is up slightly from 55% in September. About one-quarter of Republicans say the U.S. needs to take a less active role in solving problems around the globe, down slightly from 34% a few months ago. ___The AP-NORC poll of 1,203 adults was conducted Jan. 8-11 using a sample drawn from NORCs probability-based AmeriSpeak Panel, which is designed to be representative of the U.S. population. The margin of sampling error for adults overall is plus or minus 3.9 percentage points. LINLEY SANDERS Sanders is a polls and surveys reporter for The Associated Press. She develops and writes about polls conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, and works on AP VoteCast. twitter