Most Americans don’t trust Trump on conflict with North Korea

All eyes will be on President Trump, who is in New York City for a week of meetings and speeches at the United Nations with top foreign leaders amid global uncertainty over a nuclear North Korea.

With Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea steadily escalating over the past months, President Donald Trump has promised “fire and fury” if North Korea continues to threaten the U.S.

But a recent poll shows most Americans don’t trust the president to deal with North Korea.

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According to a new NPR/Ipsos poll, 51 percent of Americans do not trust Trump's ability to handle the conflict, including 40 percent who report having strong distrust.

Forty-four percent of respondents do trust Trump to handle North Korea, with just 22 percent strongly trusting the president.

The poll was conducted before North Korea fired another ballistic missile over Japan on Friday.

The U.S. responded by flying stealth jets and bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Monday.