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Survey Finds Low European Confidence in U.S. President on Foreign Policy
A Pew Research Centre study shows more than 80 percent of respondents in five European countries lack confidence in the U.S. president to handle world affairs. Approval of tariff and Greenland policies is also low across ten nations surveyed.
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A new Pew Research Centre survey released ahead of the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence shows low European confidence in the U.S. president on foreign policy matters. More than eight in ten respondents in Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Germany, and Italy said they lack confidence in the president to do the right thing regarding world affairs.
The same study found that ratings have fallen by as much as 15 percentage points in Greece and Italy since 2025.
A median of 85 percent of respondents across ten countries disapproved of the president's handling of Greenland and tariffs. The president has continued to threaten tariffs on countries that introduce digital services taxes on U.S. technology companies.
Seventy-eight percent of respondents across the ten countries disapproved of the president's handling of the wars in Ukraine and Iran. In the other eight nations, the share of respondents who see the U.S. as reliable has dropped between 28 and 52 percentage points since 2022.
Europeans are also less likely to believe the U.S. considers other countries' interests when making foreign policy decisions. The study noted that attitudes in several countries now resemble those recorded in the early and mid-2000s during earlier periods of trans-Atlantic tension.
