IF THE rest of the world were allowed to vote in American presidential elections, on current numbers Donald Trump would be facing a 50-state landslide loss. A survey of global attitudes towards America released on June 29th by the Pew Research Centre shows a derisory 9% of foreign respondents expressing confidence in the presumptive Republican nominee’s ability to handle foreign affairs. Some 85% are actively sceptical.
Some may argue that such worldwide polling is not that significant. For one thing, if the world had a vote, Barack Obama would probably be heading for a third term—he enjoys 77% confidence in the new Pew poll, outstripping his would-be Democratic successor, Hillary Clinton, whose number stands at 59%. That is not where the mood is in America, where Mr Obama’s overall approval ratings are ticking up a bit at the moment, but remain bad on foreign policy and on keeping an anxious public safe from Islamic terrorism and other threats.
As a broader point, foreigners tend to like...Continue reading
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