New Poll Confirms Trump Has Hurt America’s Reputation Around The World
America’s image around the world has been hurt by Donald Trump a new poll by Pew Research Center confirms.
According to the survey, America’s favorability in the rest of the world has fallen to 49 percent under Donald Trump’s presidency.
However, at the end of President Obama’s term in office America’s favorability in the rest of the world stood at 64 percent.
Here are some graphs The Washington Post put together:
source: Washington Post graph, Pew data
Source: Washington Post graph, Pew data
“The drop in favorability ratings for the United States is widespread,” the Pew report said.
“The share of the public with a positive view of the U.S. has plummeted in a diverse set of countries from Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.”
According to Pew, only 30 percent of Mexicans now have a favorable view of the U.S.
Favorability has also fallen in Canada where just 43 percent have a favorable opinion of the U.S. and in Germany where U.S. favorability is just 35 percent.
America’s favorability is rising in Russia
However, there are a few countries where America is viewed more favorably under Trump. Russia has a 41 percent approval rating under Trump while under Obama only 15 percent viewed America favorably under Obama.
About the poll: Pollsters surveyed between 852 and 2,464 people in each of the 37 countries sampled between Feb. 16 and May 8. Their findings’ margins of error range from 3.2 to 5.7 percentage points.
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