According to new Pew Research polling, the United States is losing international standing under President Trump. Surveying over forty thousand adults across thirty-six countries, researchers found that seventy-six percent have no confidence in Trump, while only twenty-three percent trust his leadership. About fifty-seven percent view the U.S. unfavorably. Most striking: fifty percent now call the U.S. an unreliable partner—a major shift from twenty twenty-two, when similar surveys showed forty-seven percent reliable. The change is especially dramatic among longtime allies. Canadian confidence dropped from eighty-three percent to thirty-five percent in just four years. Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany fell by over forty points. France, Spain, Italy, and the UK each dropped thirty points or more. Trump's withdrawal from U.N. commitments, criticism of the organization, and threats to leave NATO appear to be driving the shift. There's one exception: Hungary, where confidence rose from fifty-nine percent to sixty-five percent. But across all thirty-six countries, not a single one recorded majority approval for Trump's handling of international issues.

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