{"id":723568,"date":"2026-06-24T17:53:12","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/723568\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T17:53:12","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T17:53:12","slug":"the-u-s-global-standing-deteriorates-as-trump-loses-international-respect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/723568\/","title":{"rendered":"The U.S.\u2019 global standing deteriorates as Trump loses international respect"},"content":{"rendered":"

At a White House Cabinet meeting last summer, Donald Trump boasted about one of his favorite subjects. \u201cWe\u2019re respected all over the world \u2014 like never before, probably,\u201d the president said at the outset. A few days earlier, pointing to evidence that only exists in his imagination, he added<\/a>, \u201cOur nation now is the most respected nation anywhere in the world, by far.\u201d<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t true<\/a> at the time, and it\u2019s even worse now. Axios reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The U.S. is losing standing abroad as President Trump\u2019s foreign policy fuels doubts about whether America can still be counted on, according to new polling.<\/p>\n

The Pew Research Center findings capture how Trump\u2019s second-term approach is reshaping America\u2019s image, with allies and partners increasingly viewing Washington as unreliable, self-interested and less committed to global cooperation.<\/p>\n

Going through the details of the Pew Research Center report<\/a>, there is effectively no good news for those hoping to see the United States maintain a leadership role in international affairs.<\/p>\n

Views of Trump are especially brutal. While Barack Obama and, to a lesser extent, Joe Biden, enjoyed fairly broad support on the global stage, the latest findings showed 76% of people across 36 countries have no confidence in the incumbent Republican president. In fact, Trump\u2019s standing is even worse than international confidence in Russia\u2019s Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

But complicating matters are the broader effects: The more people around the world turn against Trump, the more they hold the U.S. in low regard. The Pew report found huge increases in the number of people who now see the U.S. as an unreliable partner, while a 57% majority across the 36 countries surveyed now hold an unfavorable view of the U.S.<\/p>\n

Only about a third of people abroad think the U.S. contributes to peace and stability around the world, and just under a third said the U.S. considers other countries\u2019 interests when making a decision.<\/p>\n

There might very well be some who will suggest results like these are irrelevant. After all, Trump has prioritized an \u201cAmerica First\u201d attitude, so perhaps his followers will argue that his lack of international backing shouldn\u2019t matter.<\/p>\n

The problem with this defense is that the president has invested an enormous amount of time and energy making the opposite argument.<\/p>\n

Two years ago this month, Trump sat down with Fox News\u2019 Bret Baier, and the host asked<\/a> the then-Republican candidate what he considered the most important issue facing the country. Trump talked about his usual priorities \u2014 the economy, border security, getting \u201cthe woke out of our military,\u201d et al. \u2014 before focusing on his principal point of concern.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasically, respect all over the world,\u201d Trump said<\/a>. \u201cWe don\u2019t have it anymore. We had tremendous respect three years ago [in 2020]. We don\u2019t have respect anymore. \u2026 We have to get that respect back. And if we don\u2019t, we\u2019ve got some big problems.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSteve Benen is a producer for “The Rachel Maddow Show,” the editor of\u00a0MaddowBlog\u00a0and an MS NOW political contributor. He’s also the bestselling author of “Ministry of Truth: Democracy, Reality, and the Republicans’ War on the Recent Past.”\t\t<\/p>\n

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