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With allies like Trump, who needs adversaries?

The saying goes, "With friends likes these, who needs enemies?" When it comes to Donald Trump, the phrase could read, "With allies like him, who needs adversaries?" President Trump has been notorious for treating our allies like adversaries and our adversaries like allies. As a recent Pew Research Poll shows, our allies are noticing. Let's compare those numbers to how the world, our allies in particular, viewed us at the end of Obama's presidency:

Confidence
in Obama: 64% yes, 23% no (net +41%)
in Trump: 27% yes, 70% no (net -43%)
Difference: Obama +84%/Trump -84%

Views of U.S.
Obama: 64% favorable, 26% unfavorable (net +38%)
Trump: 50% favorable, 43% unfavorable (net +7%)
Difference: Obama +31%/Trump -31%

Allies' Approval
Australia: Obama 84%, Trump 54% (Obama +30%)
Canada: Obama 83%, Trump 39% (Obama +44%)
France: Obama 84%, Trump 38% (Obama +46%)
Germany: Obama 86%, Trump 30% (Obama +56%)
Greece: Obama 41%, Trump 36% (Obama +5%)
Italy: Obama 68%, Trump 52% (Obama +16%)
Japan: Obama 78%, Trump 67% (Obama +11%)
Mexico: Obama 49%, Trump 32% (Obama +17%)
Netherlands: Obama 92%, Trump 34% (Obama +58%)
Philippines: Obama 94%, Trump 83% (Obama +11%)
South Korea: Obama 88%, Trump 80% (Obama +8%)
Spain: Obama 75%, Trump 42% (Obama +33%)
United Kingdom: Obama 79%, Trump 50% (Obama +29%)\
Averages: Obama 77%, Trump 49% (Obama +28%)

So there you have it. Internationally, the view of the U.S. has dropped 31 points between Obama and Trump's presidencies. Not only that, there's an astronomical 84-point gap between these two leaders as far as international confidence in them goes. Lastly, amongst thirteen of our biggest allies, approval has dropped 28 points from our last president to our current one. It looks like, when Donald Trump said he intended to "make America great again," he really meant he intended to make America hated again.

http://www.pewglobal.org/2018/10/01/trumps-international-ratings-remain-low-especially-among-key-allies/

http://www.pewglobal.org/2017/06/26/u-s-image-suffers-as-publics-around-world-question-trumps-leadership/

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