As President Donald Trump gears up to deliver his 2020 State of the
Union address, evaluations of his signature foreign policies generally
are negative around the world, according to a new analysis of a spring
2019 Pew Research Center survey. Similar to the
lack of confidence
that many people outside the United States express in Trump’s
performance as a world leader, respondents in many countries disapprove
of his international policymaking.
Majorities in most of the 33 non-U.S. countries surveyed disapprove
of the U.S. increasing tariffs on imported goods from other countries
(median 68% disapproval), its withdrawal from international climate
change agreements (66%), and its construction of a wall on the border
between the U.S. and Mexico (60%). Trump’s position of allowing fewer
immigrants into the U.S. and his administration’s withdrawal from the
Iran nuclear deal also are met with negativity: Across all countries
surveyed, medians of 55% and 52%, respectively, disapprove of these
steps.
