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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGlobal confidence in the US president jumped 58 points from Trump to Biden in a dozen major countrie
Joe Biden is making America great again and is undoing the damage done by that idiot the former guy
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The new Democratic president is dramatically more popular globally than former President Donald Trump was. In 12 countries Pew surveyed in both 2020 and 2021, a median of 75% expressed confidence in Biden after a median of 17% said they had confidence in Trump last year. And while just a median of 34% had a favorable view of the US in 2020, favorability has surged to 62% this year.
In Germany, the portion of the public who has confidence in the US president to "do the right thing regarding world affairs" jumped from 10% last year to 78% this year. The shift is similarly stark in other major countries allied with the US. In France, confidence in the US president has surged from 11% to 74%, in Italy from 16% to 75%, in Canada from 20% to 77%, and in the UK from 19% to 52%.
Confidence in Biden was tied both to his personal characteristics -- he is rated as dramatically more "well-qualified" and less "dangerous" and "arrogant" than Trump -- and his policies.
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(145,321 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,076 posts)Made me smile, too!
I also sneered a bit, thinking about the other side, here at home.
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(65,076 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,503 posts)Rachel Maddow shares the results of a new Pew survey showing a radical improvement in how the U.S. is viewed overseas now that disgraced Donald Trump, has been removed and replaced with President Joe Biden. Aired on 06/10/2021.
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(145,321 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,503 posts)The former guy did everything he could to alienate our long time allies while praising the dictators of the world. The current summit should help to repair our global relationships further. These leaders know Joe Biden and he knows them - and he understands diplomacy while the former guy didn't even know how to behave.
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(145,321 posts)Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)But it's also correct to say has increased by 6 TIMES.
Instead of 10 of 100 people like you, 60 of 100 like you. That's 6 times as many people.
Just saying.
This is wonderful news no matter you do the math
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(145,321 posts)Hekate
(90,714 posts)So that we can maintain and deserve that confidence from abroad.
GoodRaisin
(8,924 posts)Hardly surprising, but nice anyway.
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(145,321 posts)msfiddlestix
(7,282 posts)This news makes my day a lot less stressful. Still have angst wrt to the former's cult followers in and out of office, but this news helps mitigate my stress levels mightily.