Trump Is Alienating The Countries We Like The Best

The chart above displays a very troubling thing. It shows the countries viewed most favorably by the citizens of the United States, and along with that, what the citizens of those countries think about U.S. leadership.

Under previous presidents, those countries looked to the United States for leadership -- believing the United States would act for the benefit of all nations -- being a leader for democracy and for human rights around the world. Sadly that is no longer true.

Note that only one of those ten countries currently has a majority viewing U.S. leadership favorably -- Israel. That's understandable, since the United States under Trump has abandoned a nonpartisan effort to establish peace in the Mideast. Trump has made it very clear that the U.S. now supports the Israeli stealing of Palestinian land, and no longer can operate as a fair and impartial guide to negotiations between Israel and Palestine.

All of the other nine countries have less than 40% approval of U.S. leadership under Donald Trump. While coddling Russia, Trump has shown little respect for those countries and their leaders. That's troubling because these are the main countries we depend upon for help in the world. Trump is driving away our best allies and isolating the United States on the world stage.

The chart uses information in a recent Gallup Poll -- done between February 1st and 10th of a random national sample of 1,044 adults, with a four point margin of error. The view from the other countries is from a world poll conducted by Gallup.