Politics

Polarized World: How Other Countries Feel About the Trump Presidency

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2 months ago

January 25, 2025

Jeff Desjardins

As President Trump’s second term begins, it’s clear that voters within the U.S. have a wide spectrum of feelings about how it’s going to go.

On one side of public opinion, it could be a new golden age—on the other, a potential catastrophe. And this same polarization of opinion can also be witnessed around the world.

This shouldn’t be surprising—because of the size of the U.S. economy and its exceptional geopolitical influence, any change in policy in the U.S. can have big ripple effects outside America’s borders for better or worse.

Love and Hate

In this chart by Statista, we see the public opinion on whether Trump’s presidency will have a positive or negative impact on their home country.

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The Data by Country

The data comes from a survey of 28,549 people by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). It was conducted across 24 countries in November 2024 after the U.S. presidential election.

Country	Trump Good for Respective Country (%)	Neither or don't know (%)	Trump Bad for Respective Country (%)
🇮🇳 India	84	10	6
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	61	30	10
🇷🇺 Russia	49	44	8
🇨🇳 China	46	36	18
🇧🇷 Brazil	43	33	25
🇿🇦 South Africa	36	39	24
🇹🇷 Turkey	35	35	30
🇮🇩 Indonesia	30	54	16
🇺🇦 Ukraine	26	55	20
🇨🇭 Switzerland	23	44	34
🇪🇺 EU11	22	40	38
🇬🇧 UK	15	31	54
🇰🇷 South Korea	11	23	67

In this data set, India is the country that sees Trump’s likely impact on their country as the most positive. A whopping 84% of Indians surveyed saw this to be the case, with only 10% that saw a second term as being bad for India.

On the flipside, South Korea had just 11% of respondents that said Trump would be good for their country. However, a large portion of Koreans (67%) were not sure of the impact that he would have, which is interesting in itself.

As President Trump’s second term progresses, especially given the potential ripple effects abroad through tariffs and other policies, it’s likely that the international community will be watching his administration closely.

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