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U.S. International Image Improves with Biden Reversing Trump Policies [1]

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Date: 2023-10-22  

The International community's attitudes toward the United States have “certainly rebounded since President Biden was elected,” Richard Wike, director of global attitudes at the Pew Research Center, said on Tuesday, August 8, 2023, at a forum held by the University of Southern California’s Washington center, according to The Washington Post.

Although concerns about American behavior remain, “there’s been a big shift in America’s global image in a positive direction.”

The Pew Research Center recently conducted a survey of 3,576 adults in 23 countries about their attitudes toward the United States.

The survey found that 59% have a favorable opinion of the United States, while 30% do not. 54% have confidence in Biden, while 39 % do not.

Although Pew Research does not have directly comparable data on countries' views of Trump, Obama, and Bush, they do have confidence and popularity information by individual countries that show Biden’s ratings are far above Trump’s.

Poland, “where positive views of the U.S. have increased substantially since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine,” gave the United States the highest rating, with a favorability of 93%. Hungary was the only state where fewer than half, 44%, viewed America positively.

According to The Washington Post, the 23 countries surveyed are mostly wealthy, predominantly White states. Canada, Australia, and ten in Europe are on the list. Africa and Latin America are represented by only three states, while Asia only had four.

“Next year, we plan to do somewhere between 35 and 40 countries,” Wike said, “with a much larger representation from Africa, from Latin America, Southeast Asia, and different parts of the world.”

Although there is an improved image, “typically,” the report said, “people do not think the U.S. considers their interests.”

The Washington Post writes:

“…Biden’s reputation prospers abroad simply, but not solely, because he is not Trump. Specific actions help. America’s international image improved with Biden’s foreign policies, including his reversal of Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris climate agreement and the World Health Organization. Asked for comment on Trump’s international image, his office did not respond.”

“When an American administration follows a more multilateralist foreign policy,” Wike said, “that has a positive impact on how people see the U.S.”

The multilateralist foreign policy of the U.S. also has a downside, with 825 of those surveyed saying Washington “does interfere in the affairs of other countries” and 50% saying the U.S. “does not take into account the interests of countries like theirs.”

The State Department did not respond to The Washington Post’s request for comment.

Jon B. Alterman, a Center for Strategic and International Studies senior vice president, said the interference issue is not necessarily a problem for American foreign policy, but “it’s a bigger problem when half the public thinks the United States doesn’t take their country’s interests into account” and Washington “wants their government to do something.”

“They are keenly aware that the United States is the third-most-populous country in the world, the wealthiest, the most militarily powerful, as well as being the global cultural, intellectual, and technological trendsetter,” he added. “The idea that a country with all those advantages would try to maximize what it got from other countries was chilling to many people. They were afraid of getting steamrolled.”

61% to 74% of respondents in middle-income countries, including Nigeria, Kenya, India, Mexico, Brazil, South Africa, and Indonesia, said American investment was beneficial.

61% of respondents in the 23 countries said America does contribute to world peace and stability.

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