On June 27th, 2017, Richard Wike, director of global attitudes research, presented new Pew Research Center findings on global views of the United States at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. The survey explores how countries around the world view President Trump and his foreign policies, as well as overarching attitudes toward the U.S. The survey is based on 40,448 interviews in 37 countries and was conducted from February 16 to May 8, 2017. Key findings can be found in the presentation below.

1. America’s Global Image
Richard Wike
Director, Global Attitudes Research June 27, 2017

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Methodology
• Survey conducted across 37 countries from February 16 to May 8, 2017,
totaling 40,448 respondents
• Based on telephone and face-to-face interviews with nationally
representative samples of adults 18 and older
• The margin of sampling error for the completed set of weighted data is
±3.0% - ±5.7%

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Global Attitudes Spring 2017 Survey

5. CONFIDENCE IN PRESIDENT TRUMP
& U.S. FAVORABILITY
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Note: Percentages are global medians based on 37 countries. Obama presidency medians are based on the most recently available data for
each country between 2014 and 2016.
Low Global Confidence in Trump Leads to Lower Ratings for U.S.
Confidence in U.S. president Views of U.S.

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Obama Received Much Higher Ratings at the End of His
Presidency Than Trump Gets Today
Confidence in the U.S. President to do the right thing regarding world affairs
Note: Obama presidency figures are based on the most recently available data for each country between 2014 and 2016.

8. Trump’s Ratings Similar To Bush’s in 2008
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Confidence in the U.S. President to do the right thing regarding world affairs
20
14 France
26
7 Spain
30
22 UK
51
11 Germany
0
100
2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017
%
Bush Obama Trump

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Merkel Gets Higher Ratings Globally Than Xi, Putin or Trump
Note: Percentages are global medians based on 37 countries. Xi not asked in Turkey.
How much confidence do you have in __ to do the right thing regarding world affairs?
42%
28
27
22
31%
53
59
74
18%
20
11
8
Angela Merkel
Xi Jinping
Vladimir Putin
Donald Trump
Confidence No confidence Don't know

10. Views of the U.S. Vary Across Regions
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51%
15
27
31
40
52
51
53
59
62
60
52
11
18
23
39
9
43
48
43%
73
63
61
50
46
45
43
37
35
31
41
84
78
75
57
49
48
48
Canada
Poland
Hungary
Italy
UK
France
Sweden
Greece
Netherlands
Germany
Spain
Russia
Vietnam
Philippines
South Korea
Japan
India
Indonesia
Australia
Unfavorable Favorable

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18%
64
61
79
82
20
20
25
29
26
30
38
38
35
35
47
44
65
81%
34
27
18
15
69
59
57
55
54
53
51
51
50
47
39
35
30
Israel
Lebanon
Tunisia
Turkey
Jordan
Nigeria
Ghana
Tanzania
Senegal
Kenya
South Africa
Colombia
Peru
Brazil
Venezuela
Chile
Argentina
Mexico
Views of the U.S. Vary Across Regions
Unfavorable Favorable

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U.S. Favorability Down Across World, but Up in Russia
Percentage point change in favorable view of U.S. from 2015-2016 to 2017
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13. TRUMP’S POLICIES & CHARACTER
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Widespread Disapproval of Trump’s Signature Policy Proposals
__ of U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed policy to…
Note: Percentages are global medians based on 37 countries.

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Global View of Trump’s Characteristics
% saying they think of Donald Trump as …
75%
65
62
55
39
26
23
Arrogant
Intolerant
Dangerous
Charismatic
A strong
leader
Well-qualified to be
president
Caring about
ordinary people

16. AMERICAN SOFT POWER
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Mixed Ratings for American Soft Power
Note: Percentages are global medians based on 37 countries.
58%
65
54
43
38
26%
29
39
46
54
Views of Americans Entertainment Respect Democracy Customs spread
Favorable Unfavorable Like Dislike Does Does not Like Dislike Good Bad
I ___ American
music, movies
and television
I ___ American
ideas about
democracy
It's ___ that
American ideas
and customs are
spreading here
U.S. govt ___ respect
the personal
freedoms of its
people
___ view of
Americans

18. RELATIONS WITH THE U.S.
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26%
17
15
11
8
27%
41
46
35
51
27%
38
32
33
37
Africa
Asia-Pacific
Latin America
Middle East
Europe
Get worseStay about the sameGet better
Will Relations With U.S. Get Better, Worse or Stay the Same?
Now that Donald Trump is the U.S. President, over the next few years relations between our country and the U.S. will …
Note: Europe median does not include Russia.

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Richard Wike
Director, Global Attitudes Research
@RichardWike