In Germany, ratings for the U.S. drop Among Germans
Tensions at the official level are reflected in German public opini0n. In a spring 2017 Pew Research Center poll, only 11% of Germans said they had confidence in Trump to do the right thing in world affairs. A year earlier, 86% had expressed confidence in Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.
The change in American leadership has led to a shift in overall ratings for the U.S. in Germany. Just 35% of Germans had a favorable opinion of the U.S. in 2017, down from 57% in 2016. (For more on declining ratings for the U.S. globally, see “U.S. Image Suffers as Publics Around World Question Trump’s Leadership.”)
In Germany, ratings for the U.S. drop  | Among Germans  | 100%  | 93 90 88 87 88  | 86  | Favorable view of U.S.  | 73  | 45  | 64 63 62  | 42  | 51  | 38  | 37  | 52 53 51 50  | 30 31  | 35  | 33  | 30  | 25  | Confidence in U.S. president  | 19  | 11  | 14  | 2001 2003 2005 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017  | Trump  | Bush  | Obama  | Source Spring 2017 Global Attitudes Survev.  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 