More Voters Blame Joe Biden Than Donald Trump for the American Foreign Policy, Vladimir Putin's Invasion of Ukraine, New Poll Reveals

According to a new poll, registered voters blame President Joe Biden more than his predecessor, Donald Trump, for encouraging Russian President Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine, and they're ready to punish Democrats for it in November.

Furthermore, even within President Biden's party, the majority of registered voters want the president to focus less on his green program and allow for additional drilling in the United States to solve rising gas costs.

Voters Blame Joe Biden for the Chaos in Ukraine

According to the results of a HarrisX survey given exclusively with Newsweek, 42 percent of Americans blame Trump's actions for the Russian invasion of Ukraine while 58 percent blame President Biden. The poll's findings are primarily divided along party lines, with 66% of independents blaming Biden and 34% blaming Trump.

When given additional alternatives for replies, the survey does not favor the present president: 40% blame him, 26% blame Trump, 24% say neither are to blame, and 10% say they are both equally to blame.

When asked whether "Russia's war on Ukraine makes you more or less likely to vote for one party or the other in the 2022 midterm elections," 36% say it makes them more likely to vote Republican, 24% say it makes them more likely to vote Democrat, and 31% say it makes no difference.

Because of Biden's handling of Ukraine, 31% of independents think they're more inclined to vote Republican while 13% say they're more likely to vote Democrat. Former President Donald Trump began a campaign sprint across US battleground states years ago, beginning with a chilly outdoor rally in Michigan.

Democratic Joe Biden campaigned alongside former President Barack Obama in Michigan at the time, as the candidates made a last ditch effort to sway the few remaining undecided voters in a traditionally Democratic-leaning state, according to SBS.

Trump Slams Biden for Increasing Gas Prices

Hours after President Biden delivered his State of the Union address, Trump warned that oil prices "could go unlimited" in a wide-ranging interview on "Mornings with Maria."

Trump told host Maria Bartiromo, "Our country is run by fools." The war in Ukraine would have "never happened" if he had been elected president, he said. Especially because the US would have been exporting oil to all countries, which he argued: " [It] would have prevented it from happening in the first place because Russia would not have made a fortune on oil."

Trump claimed that the government must provide Ukrainians with the necessary armaments to end the crisis, and he urged Biden to "open the oil" right away. Action, according to the former president, will lower costs and "significantly affect inflation," as well as "hurt Russia."

Despite an agreement between the US and other major governments to release supplies from strategic stockpiles aimed at calming market anxiety, oil prices rose by more than $5 per barrel early Wednesday.

According to a Labor Department report issued this month, the consumer price index jumped 7.5 percent in January from a year earlier, the largest increase since February 1982, when inflation touched 7.6 percent. The CPI increased 0.6 percent from December to January, covering a wide range of items from fuel and health care to groceries and rentals.

Although energy costs grew just 0.9 percent in January compared to the previous month, they are still up 27 percent from the previous year. Gasoline is now 40 percent more expensive than it was last year. Trump claimed that a recession "seems like" it may come this year or next, citing the energy situation as an example, as per Fox Business.