Countries Welcome Joe Biden, But Cautious About U.S. Leadership
As people in the United States prepares for Wednesday's presidential inauguration and transfer of power, and in the wake of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, President-elect Joe Biden will have his work cut out for him as he enters office – especially when it comes to foreign policy and rebuilding international views of America.
According to a recent survey by Gallup, approval ratings of U.S. leadership were at or near record lows in 2020 in 20 of the 29 countries surveyed worldwide, with the median approval rate at 18% under President Donald Trump, even before the violent attack on the Capitol. Of those countries surveyed, Albania held the highest approval rate of the U.S., at 56%, while Iceland held the lowest, at just 5%.
In Australia, a report from the Lowy Institute titled, "Is our love affair with America over?" explains that while Australians would prefer Biden to Trump, they also increasingly believe that the U.S. has changed for the worst, with a record low holding favorable views of the country. Another report by the European Council on Foreign Relations, which surveyed 11 European countries, found that 6 in 10 Europeans believe the U.S. political system is broken.
Even among America's closest allies, concern about the health of U.S. democracy existed well before the events of Jan. 6, according to a newly released survey by the Pew Research Center. In Germany, 73% of those surveyed believed that the U.S. political system needs to undergo major changes or be reformed altogether, while 64% believed the same in France and 62% in the United Kingdom.
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