Individual states, cities step up to the plate as US falters

A new study from Pew Research offers unsurprising news that many countries have a low opinion of Donald Trump. This survey of 37 countries found the percentage of those with confidence in the US president has fallen from 64 percent at the end of the Obama presidency to just 22 percent under Trump. Some 62 percent say Trump is "dangerous," and 74 percent have "no confidence" in him. Fewer than one in three support his bid to block citizens of some majority-Muslim countries from entering the United States. Fewer than one in five approve of his trade and climate policies. The fall is steepest among some close US allies. From 2015 to 2017, the percentage of those with "confidence in the US president to do the right thing regarding world affairs" fell from 66 to 24 percent in Japan, 76 to 22 percent in Canada, 83 to 14 percent in France, and 73 to 11 percent in Germany.

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