Three quarters of Germans consider the United States to be an unreliable partner, according to a survey published on Thursday.
78% of those queried currently consider France to be a trustworthy partner and 74% consider the UK to be a trustworthy partner.
According to the survey, 40% consider Ukraine to be a trustworthy partner, while 48% of respondents believe that Germany cannot trust Ukraine.
It is pretty common that the US especially with Republican presidents is not seen as trustworthy in Germany, but 15% is really low. Especially given that the AfD is above 25% in polls and they are basically the Trumpists of Germany.
I think it is qualitatively the same in Sweden. People dislike Trump but vote for the same politics. It seems like some coping mechanism, where they try and distance themselves from Trump, because even to European racists he is disgusting, and that makes them think it is ok to keep voting for it.
well the thing is that sharing this sort of ideology doesn’t really mean your goals are really aligned on most issues at all since “America First” is necessarily “Sweden Last”. It’s of course especially dumb to push for this sort of worldview everywhere if you’re from a small country that really needs the world to cooperate…
The greatest enemy of any right wing chauvinist is a right wing chauvinist from a different culture.
how low has it historically fluctuated to with more normal presidents?
I couldn’t find numbers for this specific institute, only that this is the lowest it’s ever been. A similar question was asked in[0], where the US under Obama was seen positively by 64% of Germans, while under Bush it was 30% and 78% under Clinton
[0]https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/obama-steigert-weltweit-us-ansehen-6806518.html