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Across 24 countries, a median of 34 per cent of adults have a lot or some confidence in US President Donald Trump to do the right thing regarding world affairs. Around 62 per cent have little or no confidence in Trump. But Indians are among the top five nations that have huge confidence in Trump. Trump’s highest ratings come from Nigeria (79 per cent confidence), Israel (69 per cent), Kenya (64 per cent), Hungary (53 per cent) and India (52 per cent).
Trump receives mostly negative ratings in a new Pew Research Centre survey of 24 nations. More than half in 19 of these countries say they lack confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs.
Pew Research Centre report titled ‘US Image Declines in Many Nations Amid Low Confidence in Trump’ by Richard Wike, Jacob Poushter, Laura Silver and Janell Fetterolf, released on Wednesday analysis focuses on public opinion of the US and President Donald Trump across North America, Europe, West Asia, the Asia-Pacific region, sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America. This analysis draws on nationally representative surveys of 28,333 adults..
The report adds that Trump is seen more positively among those on the ideological right. In India, 47 per cent of women and 58 per cent of men who were surveyed expressed confidence in Trump. About 54 per cent of Hindus have confidence in Trump compared with 39 per cent of Muslims.
About 45 per cent of Indians said that they have confidence in Trump to handle US immigration polices, while 50 per cent said that he would handle global economic problems. Interestingly, 53 per cent of Indians feel that Trump will handle the climate change problem, along with Kenya (66 per cent) and Nigeria (65 per cent). A median of 21 per cent have confidence in Trump to handle climate change, while a median of 72 per cent do not.
About 59 per cent of Indians feel that Trump is a strong leader and 50 per cent feel he can understand complex problems and the same percentage of people feel he is an honest leader. About 55 per cent call him well qualified for the post of US President.
About 54 per cent of Indians have favourable views of the US. Along with India, adults in Hungary, Israel, Kenya and Nigeria have the most positive views of the US democracy, with roughly three-quarters or more saying it works well.
Published on June 12, 2025
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