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Telegraph
5 days ago
- Politics
- Telegraph
Zelensky ‘twice as popular as Trump in US'
Volodymyr Zelensky is twice as popular in the United States as Donald Trump, according to a recent poll. The Ukrainian leader enjoys 18 per cent net favourability, with the US president at 16 per cent net unfavourability. The Gallup poll of 1,002 people's opinions towards 14 'newsmakers' places Mr Zelensky in second place when it comes to favourability, behind the recently appointed Pope Leo XIV, the first American pontiff. Pope Leo's net favourability stands at 46 per cent. Mr Trump and Mr Zelensky's relationship has suffered a series of setbacks since the US leader took office for a second time. The US president had vowed to end the Ukraine conflict on 'day one' of his presidency, but has become increasingly frustrated with both sides as his repeated efforts to bring Russia's attacks to an end have failed. In an Oval Office meeting in February, the US president, along with JD Vance, the vice-president, pointedly criticised the Ukrainian leader and accused him of ingratitude towards the US. Favourability towards the pair has fallen along partisan lines. Mr Zelensky is seen 68 per cent net positively by Democrats and 23 per cent net negatively by Republicans, whereas Mr Trump is 91 per cent net negative among Democrats and 86 per cent net positive for Republicans. In recent weeks, Mr Trump has taken a more strident stance towards Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, stationing two nuclear submarines closer to Russia while threatening him with sanctions and tariffs. Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, Emmanuel Macron, the French president, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, the New York congresswoman, rank third to fifth. Only Mr Sanders has net positive popularity. Elon Musk, the Tesla CEO and former Department of Government Efficiency chief, emerged as the least popular in the survey with a -18 per cent net approval rating. Net favourability, calculated by subtracting the percentage with unfavourable views from the percentage with favourable views, is the most effective method to compare public sentiment towards more-and-less known figures, according to Gallup.
South China Morning Post
03-06-2025
- Business
- South China Morning Post
China lifts in public opinion around the world as US drops in Trump 2.0, survey data shows
Favourable views towards China globally have surpassed those towards the United States for the first time in recent years, a change that occurred between January and late April, according to US intelligence company Morning Consult. Advertisement By the end of May, China had an 8.8 net favourability rating, compared to -1.5 for the US – which is in stark contrast to January last year when the US rating was above 20 and China was in negative territory, Axios reported on Monday, citing exclusive data acquired from Morning Consult. From January 1 to April 30, Morning Consult surveyed around 4,900 adults in 41 countries and tracked favourability ratings – the share of respondents with a positive view of a country minus those with a negative view. US and Chinese respondents' views of their own country are excluded from the analysis. 05:19 How are Chinese citizens feeling the effects of the US-China tariff war? How are Chinese citizens feeling the effects of the US-China tariff war? The report found that since January, the US' standing had diminished in 38 of the 41 markets tracked, while China's standing improved in 34 of them. Only in Russia has there been a significant improvement in views of the US since President Donald Trump took office again in January. 'This is a first since our tracking began [in October 2020], and includes many of America's most important economic and military partners, in a clear blow to US soft power,' wrote Jason McMann, head of political intelligence at Morning Consult, in a report published last month. During the surveyed period, 16 countries switched from pro-US to pro-China, bringing this group to 29 countries. Top movers include Norway, the Netherlands, Spain, Canada, Austria and Germany. Many countries that were strongly pro-China before grew even more supportive, according to the survey. Advertisement Only 13 of 41 countries remain in the pro-US camp – namely Argentina, Australia, the Czech Republic, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Philippines, Poland, South Korea, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and Vietnam – which spoke to 'the damage to America's reputation the past few months have wrought,' the report said, adding that even among them, around one-third were edge cases.
