After the return of Donald Trump, the popularity of the United States has deteriorated to the White House among the world public. This results from the Monday published index of the perception of democracy. It is prepared every year by the Alliance of Democracys, founded by former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen. According to Politico and Reuters report, TASR reports this.
The Democracy Perception Index in 2025 summarized attitudes to democracy, geopolitics and global power actor based on answers of more than 110,000 respondents in 100 countries. Among the countries under review, only 45 percent perceived the US positively, which is a significant decline compared to last year’s 76 percent. Their reputation has been particularly worse in EU countries.
“I am not surprised that the perception of the United States has deteriorated so sharply. President Trump has unleashed a commercial war, scolded the Ukrainian president in an oval office, the Allies feel vulnerable and enemies have courage,” evaluated the results of Rasmussen. “It is no surprise that opinions have deteriorated among people like me, who have admired the United States all their lives and what they meant,” added the former NATO boss.
The current US President fell in the evaluation of world leaders until Russian Vladimir Putin and Chinese Si Jin-Pching. Trump had the worst score in the whole range of political, cultural and spiritual leaders, Among the owner of X Elon Musk, the founder of Microsoft Bill Gates, the late Pope Francis, singer Taylor Swift and Kim Kardashian.
China improved its position and for the first time overtaken the US. It is positively perceived in all world regions with the exception of Europe. Russia’s reputation worsened after the beginning of the war in Ukraine three years ago and is still less popular than the USalthough his image is improving.
The worst worldwide reputation in the survey is Israel, which is very unpopular especially in the Middle East and South Asia. His perception has also worsened in European countries, which are its allies, such as Germany. According to Politico, this was mainly due to the growing dissatisfaction with the procedure of the Israeli government in the Gaza Strip and on the West Bank of Jordan.
