Recent polls showed that Europeans have opted not to support the United States President Donald Trump's leadership. Moreover, public opinion of the US in major European countries also declined since the pandemic shook the global economy. Germans have seen the US deteriorating because of the pandemic and have favored the maintenance of close relationships with China.
A poll published in Germany this week manifested the Germans' perception of the US government during the pandemic. There was an apparent shift in a series of opinion polls. About 76 percent of Germans found the US government declining since the pandemic. About 36 percent of the participants claimed they had the same sentiments about China.
When asked whether they preferred to maintain close ties with China or the US, 37 percent of the participants chose the US, while 63 percent favored China. Last year's poll showed that 50 percent of Germans prioritized ties with the US, while only 27 percent favored China.
The German participants were also asked about which country they preferred to be a global partner priority. About 10 percent favored the US. Last year, the results were higher at 19 percent about the same question. On the other hand, six percent favored China compared to the previous year's seven percent.
On separate polling by the United Kingdom, Britain's population also viewed the US as a deteriorating government because of the pandemic. Data from YouGov showed that the UK population wants to enhance its relationship with Europe or the US. About 35 percent of the participants preferred Europe over the US that only had 13 percent of favorable respondents.
There was a six percent lesser turnout for Brits that preferred to strengthen ties with Europe since November. The numbers were adversely affected due to Brexit in January. The shift of preference came after the global shock about recent interventions by Trump. The US president's comments on seeing disinfectants as viable treatments for the virus caused widespread disbelief among European countries.
According to an article published by columnist Fintan O'Toole in Irish Times, the US has put the rest of the world in doubt and mixed feelings. The sentiment was a response to Trump's comments. He then added that nowadays, the emotion that Trump manifests around the world directed towards the US is already pity.
Respondents were also surveyed on their perceptions about Trump's behavior. About two percent of the French continue to trust Trump as a world leader.
