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A new Pew survey found Donald Trump faces low confidence ratings across most countries surveyed. The findings underscore widening global unease over his leadership and tariff policies.
Washington,UPDATED: Jun 24, 2026 21:58 IST
US President Donald Trump’s approval ratings are "overwhelmingly low" globally, with 76 per cent of respondents saying they have no confidence in his leadership, according to a new Pew Research Centre survey released on Tuesday.
The survey found that only 23 per cent trust Trump to handle world affairs. Confidence in him fell in 16 of 24 countries and did not improve in any. The survey covered 42,151 people across 36 countries between February 8 and May 13, 2026.
In India, 39 per cent of respondents expressed confidence in Trump’s leadership, while 36 per cent said they had no confidence. Last year, 51 per cent of respondents in India had expressed confidence in him. The survey also found that 51 per cent of Indians who took part said they had confidence in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s ability to steer world affairs.
In Israel, 81 per cent of respondents said they had a positive view of the US, and 66 per cent said they had confidence in Trump to do the right thing in world affairs. Across the 36 countries surveyed, a median of 32 per cent of adults said the US takes into account the interests of countries like theirs a great deal or a fair amount in its foreign policy decisions.
The Trump administration’s tariff policy was among the most unpopular issues covered in the survey, with 18 per cent approving of it. By comparison, 32 per cent of respondents viewed US immigration policy favourably. Approval of Trump’s tariff policy stood at 27 per cent in the UK, 17 per cent in Canada, 15 per cent in Japan, 14 per cent in South Korea, 11 per cent in Mexico, and 8 per cent in Germany. Kenya was the only country surveyed where a majority, 55 per cent, approved of how Trump was handling tariffs.
In Europe, confidence in Trump was among the lowest in France, Germany and Greece, where his ratings were often on a par with those of Putin, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, or both. In Germany, 16 per cent said they had confidence in Trump, compared with 15 per cent each for Putin and Netanyahu. By contrast, 72 per cent of Germans expressed confidence in French President Emmanuel Macron.
Trump also received particularly low ratings in the Muslim-majority publics surveyed. Among Palestinians in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, only 4 per cent said they had confidence in Trump, close to the 2 per cent who said the same about Netanyahu, but well below the roughly four in 10 who expressed confidence in Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Overall, the survey showed low global confidence in Trump’s leadership, falling ratings in several countries, mixed views in India, and strong disapproval of his tariff policy in most places surveyed.
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Jun 24, 2026 21:58 IST
