Trump Trusted Less Than Putin and Xi in a Global Opinion Survey
- Faith in U.S. leadership shaken, Pew’s 25-nation poll finds
- Most want Washington to continue leadership role, not Beijing
Donald Trump, left, and Vladimir Putin prepare to leave following a news conference in Helsinki, Finland.
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President Donald Trump has shaken global faith in U.S. leadership, an international survey found, as confidence in him lags behind other major world leaders including Russia’s Vladimir Putin and China’s Xi Jinping.
The Pew Research Center found 70 percent of people surveyed across 25 countries this year said they lacked confidence in Trump, compared with 27 percent who said they trusted the American president’s handling of international affairs.