Trump is destroying America's image around the world
Trump is destroying America's image around the world
- It might seem like a subjective judgment to say that Donald Trump is wrecking America’s image. But a new Pew poll of 37 countries shows that this is measurable reality: Perceptions of the United States have collapsed since President Trump took office.
- It might seem like a subjective judgment to say that Donald Trump is wrecking America’s image. But a new Pew poll of 37 countries shows that this is measurable reality: Perceptions of the United States have collapsed since President Trump took office.
Pew asked people in countries ranging from Canada to
Brazil to Russia whether they had favorable views of the US, and whether
they had confidence in the US president to do the right thing in world
affairs — questions they had also asked of people in these countries
back when Barack Obama was president. The change between the Obama
results and this year’s Trump results in Pew’s worldwide average are
striking: