Forty-five percent of Americans are satisfied with the position of the United States in the world, a 13-year high and a 13-percentage-point increase from one year ago, just after President Donald Trump took office. The public is also more likely than it was a year ago to think the U.S. rates favorably in the eyes of the rest of the world.Americans know Trump is unpopular with foreign leaders, knew Obama was popular, and yet believe our international standing is better. If I were writing for a British paper I would conclude that our President being popular with foreign leaders is a sign of U.S. weakness, whereas being unpopular means he’s standing up for our interests, not their interests.
The reason, Gallup says, for the increase in Americans’ view of our national position in the world is the result of Republicans seeing a big improvement.
