US popularity collapses worldwide in wake of Trump's return

[Celerity]

The world is more divided than ever, but there’s still something (nearly) everyone agrees on: The U.S. is unloved.

https://www.politico.eu/article/usa-popularity-collapse-worldwide-trump-return/

The United States is becoming less popular globally in the aftermath of Donald Trump’s return to the White House, according to new data. The 2025 Democracy Perception Index summarizes attitudes toward democracy, geopolitics and global power players, and canvassed more than 110,000 respondents across 100 countries.



A majority of people surveyed had an overall negative perception of the U.S., marking a steep decline from last year. America’s reputation took a particularly massive hit in EU countries — perhaps unsurprisingly, as U.S. President Donald Trump has called the bloc “horrible,” “pathetic” and “formed to screw the United States.” Anders Fogh Rasmussen, former NATO chief and founder of the Alliance of Democracies Foundation that coauthored the index, said he was “not surprised that perceptions of the United States have fallen so sharply.”



Meanwhile, China kept improving its global standing, overtaking the U.S. for the first time and recording mostly positive perceptions in all regions except Europe. Russia, the reputation of which tanked in the wake of President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, is still (slightly) more unpopular than the U.S. — though its image is also improving. Trump’s reputation is in line with that of his country. The survey showed he’s less popular worldwide than his Russian and Chinese counterparts, Putin and Xi Jinping. Trump recorded the worst score among a range of political, cultural and spiritual leaders that includes X owner Elon Musk, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, the late Pope Francis, Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian.



Israel emerged as the country with the worst global reputation of those included in the poll, especially in the Middle East and South Asia. Israel is unpopular even in European countries that have historically been its allies, such as Germany, signaling growing discomfort with its government’s conduct in Gaza and the West Bank. Last year, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over alleged war crimes.

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[Javaman]

1. at this rate we will be less popular than Russia who started a war of opportunity against a peaceful nation. nt

[Norbert]

2. When you are disappearing people off the streets..

Most nations take a dim view of it.

[malaise]

3. Yah think?

Rec

[lark]

4. Fucking krasnov has made it so that hubs and I are uncomfortable going to Europe.

The hate for tsf extends to all Americans for lots of Europeans - especially since this country elected him twice. They do have a point that many Americans are awful and almost as bad as him. They are not forgiving of those of us who oppose him, think we should be doing a much better job of it.

We're old, so he and his cohorts need to swept out in a tsunami of sense and patriotism in 2026 and Dems need to take over everything but the presidency and then that in 2028. Then maybe some sanity will return and we can resume traveling overseas again.

[JI7]

5. Those Asian nations where US is more popular than China

are mostly nations that have longtime disputes with China and see China as a bigger threat to them in the region. Almost any nation will be more popular to them than China.

[David__77]

6. The trend over that time period is unsurprising.