A world jaded by Trump

More than three-quarters of the world
have no confidence in U.S. President
Trump, according to a new poll, with
many countries also of the opinion
that America is an unreliable partner

RISING DISTRUST IN TRUMP
People who believe Trump cannot be
relied upon to do the right thing
regarding world affairs (%)

Global median
Türkiye
Sweden
Mexico
Malaysia
West Bank/
East Jerusalem
Netherlands
France
Germany
Italy
Australia
Pakistan
Singapore
Canada
Thailand
Greece
Indonesia
Spain
South Korea
Japan
UK
Chile
Poland
South Africa
Argentina
Brazil
Bangladesh
Peru
Hungary
Colombia
Sri Lanka
India
Kenya
Ghana
Israel
Nigeria
Philippines

76
92
89
88
87
87
85
84
84
83
82
82
81
79
79
78
78
78
77
74
74
68
67
67
66
64
63
61
55
53
51
36
36
33
33
31
29

HOW TRUMP COMPARES
Median who have no confidence in
these world leaders to do the right
thing regarding world affairs (%)

Emmanuel
Macron

Volodymy
Zelensky

Xi Jinping

Vladimir
Putin

Benjamin
Netanyahu

Donald
Trump

46
52
53
65
74
76

RISING DISTRUST OF U.S.
Growing number of people think U.S.
is an unreliable partner to their
country (%)

Malaysia
France
Sweden
Spain
Italy
Canada
Australia
Germany
Netherlands
UK
Singapore
South Korea
Japan
Poland
Hungary*

2022 2026

57 81
36 71
16 69
30 68
27 66
16 65
20 63
16 60
11 59
17 50
30 49
16 43
23 41
9 39
(2026) 33 35 (2022)

Survey of 42,151 people across 36 countries, Feb 8-May 13, 2026. *Slight improvement
Sources: Forbes, Axios, Pew Research Center
Pictures: Getty Images
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