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Survey: 64% living outside US do not trust Trump on global arena

US President Donald Trump arrives to speak about the situation with Iran in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, DC, January 8, 2020. (Photo by AFP)

A survey conducted by the Pew Research Center shows a clear majority of people living outside the United States do not trust Donald Trump – the US president – to do the right thing in world affairs.

The survey, published on Wednesday, looked at the public opinion in 33 countries and was conducted among 37,000 people between May and October 2019.

Sixty-four percent of those surveyed said they do not have confidence in Trump on foreign affairs. Only 29 percent expressed confidence in a president with a “myopic approach” to the entire West Asia.

The nonpartisan Pew Research Center found that Trump was viewed particularly poorly in Western Europe.

Only 13 percent of those polled in Germany said they had confidence in Trump. The figure was 18 percent in Sweden, 20 percent in France, 21 percent in Spain, 25 percent in the Netherlands and Greece and 32 percent in Britain.

In Russia, 20 percent said they had confidence in Trump to do the right thing on the global stage.

Nearly 90 percent of those surveyed in Mexico do not have confidence in the White House tenant.

Researchers used the median to summarize non-US opinion on Trump’s performance.

A median of 68 percent opposed Trump administration’s imposition of tariffs, 66 percent opposed the withdrawal from climate change agreements and 60 percent were against the US-Mexico border wall.

Trump’s direct negotiations with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un met with 41 percent support and 36 percent disapproval.

Overall attitudes toward the United States, however, were favorable, Pew said.

Separately, a Reuters/Ipsos polling released on Tuesday showed that the American public was increasingly critical of Trump’s policy on Iran.

 


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