More than half of Americans say the U.S.’s standing on the world stage has deteriorated under the second Trump administration, according to a poll released Tuesday.
In The Economist/YouGov poll, 52 percent of respondents said that there has been a deterioration of “America’s standing in the world” under the second Trump administration. Twenty-nine percent said there has been an improvement in the U.S.’s standing under the current administration, while 12 percent said the standing has “stayed the same.”
Seven percent of poll respondents were unsure about change in the U.S.’s standing on the world stage under Trump’s second term.
The poll comes ahead of President Trump’s State of the Union address, a speech that comes after the president and his party have had to navigate tough political territory recently.
That challenging territory has involved criticism over the handling of files linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, concerns about affordability and the economy, backlash over the administration’s immigration enforcement agenda and some big Democratic election victories last year.
The administration has also undertaken multiple bold foreign policy actions throughout the president’s second term, including striking Iran’s nuclear facilities, capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro, pushing to acquire the Arctic island of Greenland and imposing tariffs on multiple countries.
Trump’s actions on Greenland and his tariffs have strained relationships with longtime U.S. allies including the U.K., European Union and Canada.
And he was handed a defeat last week following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down the bulk of his signature tariff policy.
In a polling average from Decision Desk HQ, Trump’s approval rating is currently sitting at 41.2 percent, and his disapproval rating is sitting at 56.4 percent.
The Economist/YouGov poll took place from Feb. 20 to 23, featuring 1,551 people and plus or minus 3.3 percentage points as its margin of error.
Reposted from The Hill
