United States: The world has faith in Joe Biden, but he's losing trust in the US, poll reveals

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President Joe Biden is popular in much of the world, and America's leadership is expected to grow on issues such as fighting covid-19 m, terrorism and climate change, a survey conducted in several countries revealed. But confidence is low both in the US as a nation and in Biden's ability to deliver.

Michael Bröning, CEO of the New York office of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, the think tank. German who commissioned the survey said, we wanted to know, If there is a change in administration and if the United States is ready to lead again, will anyone follow?.

The response of the 12,400 respondents in Brazil, France, Germany, Japan, Kenya, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Turkey and the United States itself was Yes, but.

Whatever there was in terms of trust in the United States has really dissipated a lot, Bröning said, adding that levels of international trust in the United States had fallen toward those of Russia and China. That is a long way from the bright city on a hill.

World leadership

When asked by YouGov whether they approved of Biden and, separately, whether they believed he would provide more global leadership than his predecessor Donald Trump, respondents showed almost as much enthusiasm as similar polls in 2009, when Barack Obama replaced George W. Bush. another unpopular US president in the White House.

Eighty nine percent of Kenyans, 73 percent of Germans and more than 60 percent of French, Indians, Indonesians, Mexicans and South Africans said they approved of Biden. Even in countries that Trump courted heavily while in office like India and Brazil Biden was seen as a welcome change. Only in Russia did respondents disapprove of the change of command in Washington.

However, when asked if the new US president should meet, and if he would, specific goals such as reviving the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran or the Paris Agreement on climate change, the poll was skeptical about whether he would achieve it. Biden signed an order to rejoin the country into the Paris Agreement on Wednesday, immediately after the inauguration ceremony.

Other surveys

The results coincide with those of another recent poll, this time limited to European nations, published on January 19 by the European Council on Foreign Relations, a Brussels think tank. The study revealed that Biden's popularity abroad was undermined by pessimism, including beliefs that the US political system is broken, that Washington can no longer be trusted to provide security for allies, and that China will be the largest global power within a decade.

Past polls suggested that a change in president actually heralded similar changes in attitudes toward the US, said John Ray, director of polls at YouGov Blue, which conducted the study. He mentioned the sharp increases in both confidence in the new president and in the US when Obama took office in 2009. That is no longer the case.

The poll for Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung was conducted online in December after Biden's election victory became apparent, according to Ray. YouGov surveyed approximately 1,000 people from each of the 12 countries, and the results were weighted by variables such as the respondents age, sex, education, and religion.