The world isn't buying President Trump's claim that the US is the world's "most respected" country under his leadership, at least according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Across 36 countries, a median of just 23% of adults say they have confidence in Trump's handling of international affairs, while 76% say they have none. In 26 of those nations, fewer than a third of people express confidence in the US president.
- Views are especially sour in several Muslim-majority places—Turkey, Malaysia, Pakistan, the West Bank—as well as in Mexico and Sweden, where around nine in 10 express little or no confidence in Trump, USA Today reports. The Philippines, Israel, and Nigeria had the most confidence in Trump, at 68%, 66%, and 65%.
The United States' image more broadly isn't faring much better. A median of 37% of respondents hold a favorable view of the US, versus 57% with an unfavorable one, with support dropping sharply over the past year in countries including Indonesia, Italy, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, and Nigeria. Only a bit more than a third see the US as a positive force for global peace, and just 32% think Washington takes other countries' interests into account. On every foreign policy issue Pew tested—from Gaza to Iran to tariffs—more respondents disapprove of Trump's approach than approve.
The pollsters say the "share of the public who considers the US a reliable partner" has dropped sharply since they last asked the question in 2022, when Joe Biden was president. In Canada, it has dived from 83% to 35%. There were also drops of more than 40 percentage points in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany, Axios reports.
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