Views of the U.S. under Trump dip sharply in many allied countries

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Views of the U.S. and assurance successful its person to grip satellite affairs person taken a dive successful much than a twelve countries implicit the past year, according to a poll from the Pew Research Center released Wednesday and conducted implicit the archetypal fewer months of President Donald Trump's 2nd term.

These declines are astir pronounced among residents successful neighboring Mexico and Canada, which person been astatine the halfway of high-profile spats with the administration, arsenic good arsenic a fistful of NATO countries (like Sweden, Poland and the Netherlands) amid it Russia's warfare with Ukraine.

Public sentiment astir the U.S. has gone up successful a fewer countries implicit the past year, astir notably successful Israel. But astir of the two-dozen countries surveyed saw nationalist sentiment astir the U.S. dip arsenic Trump began his 2nd term.

Overall, the canvass shows an planetary assemblage afloat of accrued skepticism of Trump and his "America First" overseas policies, from his administration's antagonistic narration with accepted adjacent allies to its absorption connected tariffs to its affable posture toward right-wing, populist movements that person been amassing much powerfulness successful Europe.

Yet portion the results successful galore countries are negative, Trump's marks are broadly higher present successful these nations than they were during the opening of his archetypal word 8 years ago.

Fifteen countries person seen important drops successful their sentiment of America implicit the past year. In Mexico, 61% of respondents had a favorable sentiment of the U.S. successful 2024, but conscionable 29% consciousness that mode now.

In Sweden, which joined NATO successful 2024 pursuing the Russian penetration of Ukraine 2 years prior, a 47% favorable standing of the U.S. past twelvemonth plummeted to conscionable 19% now, with 79% of Swedish respondents viewing America unfavorably.

And successful Canada, a 54% favorability people successful 2024 dropped 20 points successful 2025, to 34%, amid Trump's repeated threats to marque the state America's newest state.

On the different extremity of the spectrum, the stock of radical successful Turkey, Nigeria and Israel who rated the U.S. favorably accrued importantly implicit the past year.

When it comes to Trump specifically, a bulk of respondents successful 5 countries of the 24 surveyed said they person a batch oregon immoderate assurance successful the president to bash the close happening erstwhile it comes to satellite affairs: Hungary, India, Israel, Nigeria and Kenya. Majorities successful 9 of the 10 European countries tested person either not excessively overmuch oregon nary assurance successful Trump astatine all, with astatine slightest three-quarters of respondents saying truthful successful the Netherlands, France, Spain, Germany and Sweden.

Men, younger radical and those who presumption their country's right-wing populist parties favorably are much apt to person much assurance successful Trump.

For example, 51% of Japanese radical betwixt the ages of 18 and 34 person assurance successful Trump, according to the poll, portion 31% of Japanese radical 50 years oregon older accidental the same.

In the United Kingdom, 45% of men accidental they person assurance successful Trump, compared with 28% of women.

Respondents crossed 13 nations registered a double-digit diminution successful assurance successful the U.S. president connected satellite affairs betwixt 2024 and 2025. While 63% successful some Sweden and Germany had assurance successful then-President Joe Biden past year, conscionable 15% and 18%, respectively, said they person assurance successful Trump.

The survey besides tested however good respondents felt respective antithetic idiosyncratic characteristics described Trump. At slightest 60% of adults crossed 21 of the 24 countries surveyed said the connection "arrogant" described Trump well.

Majorities successful 20 countries said he's "a beardown leader," portion majorities successful 21 countries called him "dangerous."

Majorities successful 3 countries (Nigeria, India and Kenya) said Trump was "honest," and majorities successful 5 countries (Greece, Japan, Indonesia, Hungary and Kenya) called him "diplomatic."

Compared with his archetypal term, the stock of radical crossed astir of the surveyed countries who spot Trump arsenic a beardown person and qualified has increased. There has besides been a melodramatic summation successful the stock of adults who judge America's president is "dangerous" successful countries wherever Pew besides tested Biden’s archetypal twelvemonth successful office.

On assurance successful Trump to tackle planetary economical problems, Trump is underwater successful each European state surveyed, though Hungarians are efficaciously split. The survey was mostly conducted earlier Trump announced planetary tariffs connected April 2.

In Mexico, wherever the survey was conducted pursuing weeks of changing tariff policies connected the country, 83% deficiency assurance successful Trump’s economical policies. In Canada, which has faced akin targeting from Trump, 74% deficiency confidence, and 57% said they person nary assurance astatine all.

Majorities successful 3 countries — Kenya (56%) and Nigeria and Israel (62% each) — person assurance successful Trump to grip "the struggle betwixt Israel and its neighbors." His numbers among the countries tested are the lowest successful Turkey, wherever 7% are assured successful his handling of the issue.

Though a bulk of Israelis expressed assurance successful Trump’s quality to grip the ongoing war, the canvass recovered that assurance successful Trump among right-wing Israelis is astir 4 times higher, astatine 83%, compared with the 21% of left-wing Israelis who person assurance successful Trump connected the issue. Adults successful astir different countries said they were not assured successful Trump's quality to grip the conflict.

On Trump’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine war, majorities successful astir each of the European countries surveyed, with the objection of Greece and Hungary, expressed small oregon nary assurance successful Trump. (Adults successful Greece were split, and a constrictive bulk of Hungarians had astatine slightest immoderate assurance successful Trump to grip that conflict.) In France, Germany, Spain and Sweden, astir three-quarters of adults said they had small oregon nary assurance successful Trump to grip the war.

Pew polled 28,333 adults crossed 24 countries mostly implicit the telephone oregon successful idiosyncratic (Australia was the lone state wherever radical were polled online). The survey was successful the tract for assorted times crossed antithetic countries betwixt Jan. 8 and April 26. Polling successful each state but Indonesia began aft Trump’s inauguration, but was either concluded oregon adjacent to done by Trump’s April 2 announcement of sweeping planetary tariffs.