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US slumps in global leadership poll after Trump's 1st year

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US slumps in global leadership poll after Trump's 1st year

By Laura Smith-Spark
January 18, 2018

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China president Xi Jinping and Trump

A year into Donald Trump's presidency, global confidence in US leadership has fallen to a new low, according to an opinion survey conducted across 134 countries. The Gallup poll puts global approval of US leadership at just 30%, slightly behind China on 31% and only three points ahead of Russia. Germany is now the top-rated global power in the world, with an approval rating of 41%, according to the survey. The US rating is down nearly 20 points from the 48% approval rating in the last year of President Barack Obama's administration, Gallup said. It's also four points lower than the previous low of 34%, seen in the final year of George W. Bush's presidency. By comparison, in Obama's last year in office the United States led Germany by seven points, China by 17 points and Russia by 22 points, according to Gallup. Meanwhile, approval of US leadership increased 10 points or more in just four countries: Belarus, Israel, Macedonia and Liberia, according to Gallup.

"This year marks a significant change in our trends," said Jon Clifton, global managing partner at Gallup. "Only 30% of the world, on average, approves of the job performance of the US's leadership, down from 48% in 2016. "In fact, more people now disapprove of US leadership than approve. This historic low puts the US's leadership approval rating on par with China's and sets a new bar for disapproval." US leadership approval ratings declined substantially, by 10 percentage points or more, in 65 out of 134 countries and areas, Gallup said. And the falls have been most marked among the United States' allies and partners in Europe and the Americas. n Canada, to the north, approval of US leadership plunged 40 points from 60% in 2016 to 20% in 2017. South of the border in Mexico, approval is at a new record low of 16% for 2017, 28 points lower than for the previous year. The news isn't much better at home. Trump's domestic approval rating has remained consistently locked in around 37% -- plus or minus depending on which way the wind is blowing -- for the past nine months, according to weekly numbers from Gallup.
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Both domestically and across the globe, Trump is "winning" nothing but scorn.

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This just in: Kids that got their allowances cut report drop in parental approval.
 
the individual (Trump) that occupies the office has continually demonstrated they have no respect for the office

when the one that occupies the office continually demonstrates contempt for the office then how are the citizens of the nation going to respect the occupant (Trump) of that office?

Trump is representing America to the world; how can the world respect America with such a buffoon as POTUS?

The world is laughing their collective ass off at US ..............
 
reinoe said:
Outrage erupts as U.S. is no longer subsidizing the entire western world's military via NATOA and international bureaucrats via the UN.
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How much of the US' military budget goes to defending Mexico and Canada?
 
chuckiechan said:
Probably because he is putting American interests first unlike Obama.
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So what, should other countries always put their own interests last when dealing with the US? You can never have agreements based in mutual interests, the US always has to win and the other country always has to lose?
 
ttwtt78640 said:
This just in: Kids that got their allowances cut report drop in parental approval.
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Trump pursues trade and foreign policies and uses a bunch of sticks and no carrots and then you compare other countries to spolied children? How is that fair? These policies seemed to be based on resentment rather then rational objectives.
 
Yes_Minister said:
Trump pursues trade and foreign policies and uses a bunch of sticks and no carrots and then you compare other countries to spolied children? How is that fair? These policies seemed to be based on resentment rather then rational objectives.
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With no example given, may I assume that tarriffs on US imports are seen by you as sticks rather than as a reduction in allowance? Or that having NATO nations spend the agreed upon amount (% of GNP) on common defense is using a stick rather than a reduction in US carrots (carrying a disproportionate share of the common defense costs)? Trump has said, numerous times, that he sees a distinct difference between free trade and fair trade as well as insisting that our allies either participate as agreed or get dropped from that special status.
 
ttwtt78640 said:
With no example given, may I assume that tarriffs on US imports are seen by you as sticks rather than as a reduction in allowance? Or that having NATO nations spend the agreed upon amount (% of GNP) on common defense is using a stick rather than a reduction in US carrots (carrying a disproportionate share of the common defense costs)? Trump has said, numerous times, that he sees a distinct difference between free trade and fair trade as well as insisting that our allies either participate as agreed or get dropped from that special status.
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And what is "fair trade"? Some one sided deal where other countries completely open their markets, but the US can impose tariffs on a whim? No country would agree to that. How has Canada or Germany been massively unfair when it comes to trade? The US always seems to treat trade rules as things that apply to other countries and not the US, the US can be unfair when it comes to trade:

https://www.google.ca/amp/business....trade-complaint-vs-u-s-over-use-of-duties/amp

And do you really think Trump saying a new NAFTA must include Mexico paying for the wall will not be seen as a massive stick? All you offer is the status quo as reason for Mexico to make this move that is against their interests.

And what about jobs created through trade, are those irrelevant now?

And the US will not save a penny on defense, unless it reduces its defense budget, other countries spending more will not matter if the US does not spend less in terms of defense spending. How much does the US spend to defend Canada, for example? Canada is protected by geography.

Its ironic you compare other countries to children, when Trump's America acts like a spoiled child on the world stage, throwing fits when it does not get its way.
 
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