GALLUP POLL : The World Has Officially Lost Confidence In U.S. Leadership Under Trump Even George W. Bush was more popular.

By Alana Horowitz Satlin Huffpost 1.18.18

Global views on U.S. leadership have plummeted since President Donald Trump took office, according to a Gallup poll.

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The poll, released Thursday, shows that only 30 percent of the public approves of U.S. leadership, down from 48 percent in 2016. At the same time, 43 percent of people expressed a negative opinion of the U.S. leadership, up from 28 percent in 2016.

The previous record for lowest global approval rating came in 2007― the first year Gallup did the polling ― during the end of George W. Bush’s administration, amid the global financial crisis. The results are based on phone and in-person interviews with approximately 1,000 people in more than 130 countries.  more