Poll: Under Trump, global approval of U.S. leadership hits historical low
Source: Politico
Other nations approval of U.S. leadership under President Donald Trump hit a historical low of 30 percent in 2017, according to a Gallup poll released Thursday.
The measure, the lowest since Gallup began tracking it worldwide in 2007, signals an 18-point drop from a year earlier, when 48 percent approved of the national influence under former President Barack Obama. It is the single largest year-to-year drop in approval of U.S. leadership or of any country examined to date.
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Gallup found that approval dropped by 10 or more points in 65 of the 134 countries and areas surveyed. Regionally, the image of the U.S. was weaker in virtually every part of the world, registering record lows within multiple countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas.
Disapproval of U.S. leadership, meanwhile, soared, increasing by 15 points from 2016 to 2017 and notching the highest mark 43 percent for any of the four major global powers surveyed over the past decade.
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Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/18/trump-global-leadership-polls-344989
Here's that Gallup article:
http://news.gallup.com/poll/225761/world-approval-leadership-drops-new-low.aspx?g_source=World&g_medium=lead&g_campaign=tiles
Their conclusion:
The present situation represents a marked change in the status quo since Obama's presidency, when the image of U.S. leadership remained relatively strong worldwide. In Obama's last year in office, for example, the U.S. led Germany by seven points, China by 17 points and Russia by 22 points.
The current rankings instead look more like a return to the status quo during the last year of the Bush administration -- with Germany on top, followed by China, the U.S. and then Russia -- except now, the U.S. has even more ground to make up.
Implications
It is too early in Trump's presidency to deem his "America First" foreign policy a success or failure. However, it is clear that based on the trajectory of what the world thinks of the U.S., many of the U.S. alliances and partnerships that the Trump administration considers a "great strength" are potentially at risk.
Btw, Norway -- along with Canada, Portugal, and Belgium -- " led the declines worldwide, with approval ratings of U.S. leadership dropping 40 points or more in each country."
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