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MaddowBlog-The U.S.' global standing deteriorates as Trump loses international respect
Two years ago, Trump said improving U.S. “respect all over the world” was his top priority. There’s new evidence that he’s failing spectacularly.
Two years ago, Trump said his top priority for his second term was improving international respect for the United States.
— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2026-06-24T17:19:40.492Z
A stunning new global survey makes one thing clear: He’s failing spectacularly.
www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...
https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/us-global-standing-trump-pew-poll
At a White House Cabinet meeting last summer, Donald Trump boasted about one of his favorite subjects. “We’re respected all over the world — like never before, probably,” the president said at the outset. A few days earlier, pointing to evidence that only exists in his imagination, he added, “Our nation now is the most respected nation anywhere in the world, by far.”
It wasn’t true at the time, and it’s even worse now. Axios reported:
Going through the details of the Pew Research Center report, there is effectively no good news for those hoping to see the United States maintain a leadership role in international affairs.
Views of Trump are especially brutal. While Barack Obama and, to a lesser extent, Joe Biden, enjoyed fairly broad support on the global stage, the latest findings showed 76% of people across 36 countries have no confidence in the incumbent Republican president. In fact, Trump’s standing is even worse than international confidence in Russia’s Vladimir Putin.....
Even in his strange farewell address in early 2021, delivered on the final full day of his first term, Trump found it necessary, one last time, to tell Americans, “The world respects us again.” The Republican added, in an apparent message for his Democratic successor, “Please don’t lose that respect.”
None of this made any sense. A Pew Research Center analysis from September 2020 noted, “In several countries, the share of the public with a favorable view of the U.S. is as low as it has been at any point since the Center began polling on this topic nearly two decades ago.”
Nearly six years later, Pew is showing us slipping to similar depths anew.
It reinforces the fact that Trump is failing, not by some random metric, but by one of the standards he personally elevated above all others.
It wasn’t true at the time, and it’s even worse now. Axios reported:
The U.S. is losing standing abroad as President Trump’s foreign policy fuels doubts about whether America can still be counted on, according to new polling.
The Pew Research Center findings capture how Trump’s second-term approach is reshaping America’s image, with allies and partners increasingly viewing Washington as unreliable, self-interested and less committed to global cooperation.
Going through the details of the Pew Research Center report, there is effectively no good news for those hoping to see the United States maintain a leadership role in international affairs.
Views of Trump are especially brutal. While Barack Obama and, to a lesser extent, Joe Biden, enjoyed fairly broad support on the global stage, the latest findings showed 76% of people across 36 countries have no confidence in the incumbent Republican president. In fact, Trump’s standing is even worse than international confidence in Russia’s Vladimir Putin.....
Even in his strange farewell address in early 2021, delivered on the final full day of his first term, Trump found it necessary, one last time, to tell Americans, “The world respects us again.” The Republican added, in an apparent message for his Democratic successor, “Please don’t lose that respect.”
None of this made any sense. A Pew Research Center analysis from September 2020 noted, “In several countries, the share of the public with a favorable view of the U.S. is as low as it has been at any point since the Center began polling on this topic nearly two decades ago.”
Nearly six years later, Pew is showing us slipping to similar depths anew.
It reinforces the fact that Trump is failing, not by some random metric, but by one of the standards he personally elevated above all others.