- A global poll conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) reveals that a majority of Indians view President-elect Donald Trump’s second term as positive for both world peace and U.S.-India relations.
- India, along with other countries like Saudi Arabia, Russia, South Africa, China and Brazil, falls into the ‘Trump Welcomers’ category, characterized by widespread approval of Trump’s leadership.
- The poll found that 82 percent of Indian respondents believe Trump’s reelection would be beneficial for global peace, 84 percent see it as advantageous for India and 85 percent believe it would be good for American citizens.
- In contrast, European nations, such as the U.K., remain skeptical about Trump’s reelection, viewing it as detrimental to global peace and American interests.
- The ECFR report highlights a divide between Europe’s anxiety over Trump’s return and the more positive view held by countries like India, indicating a shift in global perceptions of U.S. leadership under Trump.
A recent global poll conducted by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has revealed that a majority of Indians view Donald Trump’s reelection as U.S. president as a positive development for both world peace and U.S.-India relations.
The poll, titled «Alone in a Trumpian World: The EU and Global Public Opinion after the US Elections» surveyed 28,549 people across 24 countries. The poll, conducted with leading pollsters YouGov, Datapraxis and Gallup International Association, grouped the nations into five categories based on their perception of Trump’s return.
India falls into the ‘Trump Welcomers’ category, alongside Saudi Arabia, Russia, South Africa, China and Brazil. This category is characterized by a widespread approval of Trump’s leadership, with respondents viewing his reelection as positive for Americans and world peace.
«In countries from India and China to Turkey and Brazil, more respondents think Trump will be good for America, for their country and peace in the world than think he will be bad for them,» the report stated.
The ECFR report reveals that 82 percent of Indian respondents view Trump’s reelection as beneficial for global peace, 84 percent see it as advantageous for India and 85 percent believe it would be good for American citizens. Saudi Arabia follows suit with 57 percent believing it would be beneficial for global peace, 61 percent seeing it as good for the country and 69 percent believing it would be good for American citizens.
Europeans more anxious about Trump’s second term than Americans
In contrast, European nations remain skeptical.
The U.K., for example, has a significant proportion of «Never Trumpers,» who see his return as detrimental to global peace and American interests.
«Europe is quite lonely in its anxiety about Trump’s return to the White House. While many Europeans view the president-elect as a disrupter, others, elsewhere in the world, see him as a peacemaker. This position leaves Europe at a crossroads in its relations with the new American administration, «Ivan Krastev, co-author of the report, said.
In an op-ed article for Politico, journalist Mark Leonard explained the «panic» and «anxiety» that Europeans feel for the upcoming Trump administration this January.
«Europe is panicking at the rhetoric surrounding «America First» and the notion that the U.S. will cease to be an upholder of the global order in favor of pursuing its own selfish interests. But this is precisely what people – particularly those living in middle powers across the world – are impatient for. They no longer want the U.S. to be a self-appointed moral arbiter or global policeman. They’re much more comfortable dealing with it as the most powerful country in a more transactional world,» Leonard wrote. (Related: POLL: Most Americans are worried about potential post-election violence.)
This turn of events comes at a time when many had hoped that Europe would step up to fill the leadership vacuum left by the United States. Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel was once hailed as the de facto leader of the free world, a title immortalized in a G7 photo showing her towering over a sulking Trump.
However, Europe’s entire security, economic and political strategy has been built upon the assumption of a strong American ally, an ally that Trump has now declared extinct.
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