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The global perception of the United States has fallen for a third consecutive year, now ranking several spots behind Russia, a survey commissioned by the Alliance of Democracies Foundations revealed on May 7.
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In contrast, Ukraine held a positive global perception score, finishing with +9 in 62nd place among countries surveyed, far behind its Western allies Switzerland and Canada, which tied at the top with a score of +36.

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[-] DagwoodIII@piefed.social 48 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

2016 MAGA = "We have to elect Trump because the world is laughing at us!"

2026 MAGA = "Who cares what the rest of the world thinks?"

[-] Damage@feddit.it 19 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah the US was already quite unpopular in many areas of the world, and now they're doing their best to alienate those who supported them, so....

[-] rayyy@piefed.social 11 points 2 weeks ago

Not surprising. The US has dropped below shit-hole country status into murderous, pedophile, child-trafficking territory.

[-] etherphon@piefed.world 9 points 2 weeks ago

Switzerland, bankers of the elite pedophiles of the world in number one place as usual. Wowzers.

[-] yakko@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

What's their secret? Right?

Like literally what secrets do they conceal?

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago
[-] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Even better, Puerto Rico was rated 26 points higher than the USA (the scale technically spans 200 points, but the difference between the highest and lowest rated countries is only 55 points, so that’s a HUGE difference). I bet that makes trump mad.

Only Iran, Afghanistan, North Korea, and Israel were rated worse.

[-] hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago

Makes sense. Anyone who had a positive view of Russia is already in support of them being horrible, while the international activities of the US have gotten a lot worse since the election. The current government isn't going to fulfill any of what might have given anyone a positive outlook on its foreign or domestic policy, while those who have some political incentive to be pro-Russia aren't suddenly going to change their mind just because the US is acting more like them.

It won't get the administration's attention, but hopefully the drop in international popularity is embarrassing enough that people might vote differently in the midterms and in 2028. It seemed to make a difference when George W was in office.

[-] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 2 weeks ago

Looks like whatever the enemies of the US have been planning has been working out great!

Bye bye, soft power, goodbye allies.

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Now that's impressive, although I guess a little unsurprising.

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