I looked this up because I saw David Pakman, a far-left blogger, say on Patrick Bet-David's podcast, that when Biden was elected the US became much more positively viewed and that "this matters".
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I'm not sure why it matters. I mean, it matters to us Aussies, how people see us. But that’s because we’re just a middling power and we’re insecure. America’s a super power. Why should they worry?
But in any case, it's wrong. At least according to the Gallup polling. Looking at the Gallup poll chart above, of “The United States in the eyes of the world”:
W. Bush: oversaw very positive views of the US in the wake of 911, which became negative over his second term.
Obama: views of US started off unfavourable, and became barely favourable over his second term.
Trump: gave the US strongly favourable ratings in the second half of his term.
Biden: makes the US marginally unfavourable.
Overall, Rep and Dem pretty much of a wash I'd say.
Pakman mentions the United Nations laughing at Trump. He may be referring to the viral clip of German representatives smirking and tittering when Trump warns Germany, in his speech to the United Nations General Assembly, that over-reliance on Russian gas will backlash on Germany. Who's laughing now?
Pakman was on the Triggernometry show a while back and did an edited take on his own podcast that was very negative and unfair to the Triggernometry lads. We know this because we can see the full unedited version on Triggernometry. He strikes me as duplicitous. And he's wrong about how the world views the US under Trump v Biden. Or else Gallup is wrong.
In short, the world viewed the US more positively when Trump was in power than now that Biden is.
If you believe Gallup.
