{"id":318530,"date":"2026-06-23T09:41:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-23T13:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?p=318530"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T19:24:34","slug":"trump-gets-negative-reviews-internationally-as-fewer-say-u-s-is-a-reliable-partner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2026\/06\/23\/trump-gets-negative-reviews-internationally-as-fewer-say-u-s-is-a-reliable-partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Gets Negative Reviews Internationally as Fewer Say U.S. Is a Reliable Partner"},"content":{"rendered":"

36-country survey finds declining ratings for the U.S. amid rising concerns about its foreign policy and the health of its democracy<\/h2>\n\n\n
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a visit to the Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina on Feb. 13, 2026. (Nathan Howard\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
About this research<\/summary>\n

This Pew Research Center report looks at views of the U.S., U.S. President Donald Trump, and opinion of the role the U.S. is playing in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pew Research Center does research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important topics. We have studied global views<\/a> of the United States for more than two decades. We did this study to understand how people in other countries view the U.S. and Trump, now in the second year of his second administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Learn more about Pew Research Center<\/a> and our international surveys<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did we do this?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We surveyed 42,151 people across 36 countries: Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, the U.K., and the West Bank and East Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interviews were conducted from February 8 to May 13, 2026. We designed the surveys so we could talk about the views of the adult population in each country. Here are the survey questions used<\/a> for this report, along with responses, and the survey methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n

A new Pew Research Center survey finds negative \u2013 and often overwhelmingly negative \u2013 views of U.S. President Donald Trump in regions around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Across 36 nations polled, a median of 23% of adults express confidence in his leadership of world affairs. In many countries, confidence in Trump has slipped since last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall ratings for the United States are also largely negative. Favorable views of the country have declined in many places over the past year, including double-digit drops in Indonesia, Italy, Nigeria, South Africa, South Korea and Turkey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What is a median?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

In this analysis, median scores are used to help readers see overall patterns in the data. The median percentage is the middle number in a list of all percentages sorted from highest to lowest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are seven nations in the study where a majority of adults rate the U.S. positively. The highest rating (81% favorable) comes from Israel. Some of the lowest ratings are from predominantly Muslim publics, such as Malaysians, Pakistanis, Turks, and Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. (We were unable to survey in Gaza.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trump gets mostly poor marks for his handling of key foreign policy issues, including tariffs, Gaza, Iran, Greenland and the Russia-Ukraine war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey reveals striking changes over time in how people perceive the U.S. and its role in world affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The share of the public who considers the U.S. a reliable partner has declined steeply in many countries since we last asked this question in 2022, during Joe Biden\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This downward turn in opinion has taken place in several nations with which the U.S. has longstanding economic and security ties. For example, in Canada, 83% described the U.S. as a reliable partner in 2022, compared with 35% today. Large declines have also been measured in some of America\u2019s key Asia-Pacific partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more views of U.S. reliability over time, refer to Appendix A<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 36-country median of 35% say the U.S. contributes to peace and stability around the world. The share of people who hold this view is down significantly in many countries since 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, the share who think the U.S. takes into account the interests of other countries when making foreign policy decisions has declined in most nations where trends from 2023 are available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For instance, 60% of Germans three years ago said the U.S. considers other countries\u2019 interests, but that share has dropped to 23% today. German public opinion is now similar to or more negative than what was measured during George W. Bush\u2019s presidency, when many people in Europe and elsewhere strongly opposed the war in Iraq<\/a> and other major elements of U.S. foreign policy. In surveys conducted from 2002 to 2007, between 27% and 53% of Germans said the U.S. considers the interests of countries like theirs when making foreign policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our polling over the past few years has found widespread concerns<\/a> about the health of American democracy in many places, and the new survey shows that large shares of people around the world no longer believe the U.S. respects individual liberty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 36-country median of 39% say the U.S. government respects the personal freedoms of its people, while 56% say it does not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 12 of the 13 countries where we last asked about this in 2021, during the Biden administration, there have been double-digit declines in the shares who say the U.S. respects personal freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over a longer span, some of these shares have fallen even farther in several of these nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A 2013 Center survey represented a high point for this measure in several nations we have polled regularly. That year, as Barack Obama began his second term as president, three-quarters or more in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Japan, Poland, the Philippines, South Korea and the United Kingdom said the U.S. respected personal freedoms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, in 2014, this view became less common in some countries after disclosures<\/a> by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden revealed the government\u2019s vast capacity to intercept communications around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, the share of the public saying the U.S. respects personal freedoms is the lowest it\u2019s been in several countries we have surveyed for years, including Australia, Brazil, Chile, Greece, Indonesia, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, the Philippines, Poland, South Africa, South Korea and Sweden.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more views of the U.S. government\u2019s respect for personal freedoms over time, refer to Appendix A<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

For this report, we surveyed 42,151 people in 36 countries from Feb. 8 to May 13, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jump to the sections below to learn more about international perceptions of the U.S.:<\/p>\n\n\n\n