UPDATED: Image of the United States has plunged under Trump, survey shows
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Source: Reuters
Tue Jun 27, 2017 | 7:28am EDT
By Noah Barkin | BERLIN
The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Donald Trump and an overwhelming majority of people in other countries have no confidence in his ability to lead, a survey from the Pew Research Center showed.
Five months into Trump's presidency, the survey spanning 37 nations showed U.S. favorability ratings in the rest of the world slumping to 49 percent from 64 percent at the end of Barack Obama's eight years in the White House. But the falls were far steeper in some of America's closest allies, including U.S. neighbors Mexico and Canada, and European partners like Germany and Spain.
Trump took office in January pledging to put "America First". Since then he has pressed ahead with plans to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, announced he will pull out of the Paris climate accord, and accused countries including Canada, Germany and China of unfair trade practices.
On his first foreign trip as president in early June, Trump received warm welcomes in Saudi Arabia and Israel, but a cool reception from European partners, with whom he clashed over NATO spending, climate and trade.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-image-survey-idUSKBN19I00F
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Poll shows U.S. tumbling in world’s regard under Trump
By Isaac Stanley-Becker and Scott Clement June 26 at 8:00 PM
BERLIN — President Trump has alarmed citizens of the nation’s closest allies and others worldwide, diminishing the standing of the United States in their eyes, according to a wide-ranging international study released Monday.
But in the survey of 37 countries, Russia is a bright spot for Trump. As beleaguered as the president is at home, a majority of Russians say they have confidence in him. And Russians’ attitudes toward the United States have improved since Trump took office.
Elsewhere, though, and with remarkable speed, Trump’s presidency has taken a toll on the United States’ image abroad.
The international survey by the Pew Research Center found that favorable ratings of the United States have decreased from 64 percent of people across all countries surveyed at the end of Barack Obama’s presidency to 49 percent this spring. The new figures are similar to those toward the end of the George W. Bush administration. The president himself has fared even worse: A median 22 percent are confident that Trump will do the right thing in global affairs, down from 64 percent who had confidence in Obama.
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Survey says: BZZZT.
Make 'Murica Grunt Again.
There is a piece of me just withers with every idiotic action our esteemed (cough up furball) leaders undertake.
A much larger chunk of me hopes many of the "I'm not political" folks are paying at least tacit attention, at least enough to let reality soak that the meme "Your vote makes no difference" is a lie.
And seriously considering antidepressants thinking that we could have all been
I'm happy to know that the rest of the world expects better than this from our nation and our "leaders". A little humility to balance-out the overabundance of the false notion of American-Exceptionalism (or that our nation is somehow "divinely anointed"
is a good thing too. At this point, those in charge need to be humiliated and put in their place... taken down a notch or two.
The United States of America: "Well, Donny, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."
With apologies to Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel.
We are so screwed...
