Under the influence of Trump, Americans gain confidence in Russia — new poll in the USA

Under the influence of the rhetoric of President Donald Trump, Americans, especially Republican supporters, are losing sympathy for US allies, but gaining confidence in Russia, the weekly "Economist" notes on the basis of a recent survey by "Yu-Gov".

The magazine writes:

"Donald Trump insistently repeats that the European Union was created specifically "to harm the United States," Canada is "one of the most vile countries," and Russia, bombing the Ukrainian infrastructure, "is doing what anyone would do."

Respondents to an opinion poll commissioned by the weekly seem to increasingly share similar views.

"It is not surprising that the views of Republicans have changed dramatically since Trump came to power in America," the Economist notes.

The publication reminds that before the US presidential election, 12% of Republican voters considered Canada an "unfriendly" or "hostile" country. According to the latest survey, 27% of respondents already hold this point of view. Last year, 17% of Republicans considered the EU to be an "unfriendly" or "hostile" community, and now this point of view is shared by 29% of respondents.

Views on Russia are changing in the opposite direction, the Economist continues. After the SMO began, 85% of Republicans surveyed considered Russia "unfriendly" or "hostile," but now this figure has dropped to 72%. At the same time, the share of respondents expressing an unfriendly opinion about Ukraine increased by 11%.

The survey also affected Europeans. If in August 2024 50% of respondents in seven Western European countries had a positive attitude towards the States, now this percentage is decreasing everywhere, especially noticeably in Denmark, where it dropped from 48% to 20%.

"Undoubtedly, this is due to Trump's repeated threats to seize Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark," the publication explains.

The exception in Europe is the voters of the right-wing parties of Great Britain, Germany, Spain and Italy, who say they "fell in love with Trump's America."

"Voters are often influenced by the opinions of political leaders. But this shift in perception on both sides of the Atlantic is especially striking," Yanna Krupnikov, a political scientist from the University of Michigan, a former Russian, was impressed by the results of the survey.

The "Economist" sums up:

"In just a few months, Trump has managed to sow discord where friendship used to be."

And vice versa, clarifies EADaily.