Alwaght- The image of the United States has been badly battered across the world under President Donald Trump, a survey from the Pew Research Center showed.
The survey carried out in 37 countries showed US favorability ratings in the rest of the world plummeting to 49 percent from 64 percent at the end of Barack Obama's eight years in the White House.
The decline in US popularity was far steeper in some of America's closest allies, including neighbors Mexico and Canada, and European partners like Germany and Spain.
Trump took office in January pledging to put "America First". Since then he has pressed ahead with plans to build a wall along the US border with Mexico, announced he will pull out of the Paris climate accord, and accused countries including Canada, Germany and China of unfair trade practices.
Just 30 percent of Mexicans now say they have a favorable view of the United States, down from 66 percent at the end of the Obama era. In Canada and Germany, favorability ratings slid by 22 points, to 43 percent and 35 percent, respectively.
In many European countries, the ratings were comparable to those seen at the end of the presidency of George W. Bush, whose 2003 invasion of Iraq was deeply unpopular.
The survey, which was conducted before Trump officially announced that the U.S. would pull out of the Paris climate change accord, finds widespread opposition to the US withdrawing from international climate change agreements.
The Pew report notes that the drop in favorability ratings for the United States is widespread. The share of the public with a positive view of the US has plummeted in a diverse set of countries from Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.
