Poll reveals how people around the world view Trump

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By CGTN America

For US President Donald Trump, “America first” was both the theme of his campaign, as well as the overarching drive behind his administration's policies.

A new survey by Pew Research of people in 37 nations shows that nearly half a year into his administration, an average of just 22 percent polled have confidence in Trump’s stance on international affairs.

Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey. Q12a and Q30a.

By comparison, 64 percent had confidence in America’s role in the world under Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama, the survey found.

While approval for Trump is down in all the countries polled, there are two exceptions: Russia and Israel.

Israeli approval of Trump was at 56 percent while Russian approval for the US president was up to 53 percent.

Obama received much higher ratings at the end of his presidency than Trump gets today.

Some of Trump’s policies were particularly polarizing. Withdrawal of US support for international climate agreements saw 71 percent of those polled disapproving, and withdrawal from support for major trade agreements had a 72 percent disapproval rating.

Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey. Q38a-b, d-f.

Of the countries polled, Trump’s personality characteristics were also seen as problematic: 75 percent polled viewed him as arrogant, 65 percent viewed him as intolerant, and 62 percent as dangerous.

Despite the largely unfavorable view of Trump, the majority of those polled believed that relations between their countries and the US will remain largely unchanged during Trump’s time in office.

Source: Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survey. Q36.