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Though seeing as how international headlines mocked Donald's election & millions of folks outside of the US joined in solidarity to march against him the day after his inauguration this isn't much of a surprise.
THE WORLD HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP SINCE DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED, PEACE INDEX SHOWS
THE WORLD HAS LOST CONFIDENCE IN AMERICA'S LEADERSHIP SINCE DONALD TRUMP WAS ELECTED, PEACE INDEX SHOWS
Ever since President Donald Trump was voted into office, global confidence in U.S. leadership has plummeted. That's according to this year's Global Peace Index.
The 2019 Global Peace Index, which was published on Wednesday, showed that while global approval of leadership in Germany, China and Russia has been steadily on the rise since 2016, approval of U.S. leadership has seen a dramatic decline.
In 2016, confidence in U.S. leadership was at 45 percent, but fell below 35 percent by 2017. Since then, Steve Killelea (founder of the Institute for Economics and Peace, which produces the Global Peace Index) said, approval has started to plateau, seeing a subtle uptick. However, confidence levels in U.S. leadership still sit below approval of leadership in both China and Germany.
Overall, Killelea pointed out, levels of support for U.S. leadership have fallen 17 percentage points since 2009. That was when Barack Obama entered the Oval Office, sending approval ratings soaring to 50 percent.
Whereas Obama was "very popular internationally and had historically high levels," Killelea told Newsweek, "the election of President Trump saw a lot of negative press."