The media are over the moon about a new poll from Pew Research Center. The new poll surveyed

some 40,000 people across 37 countries, and it turns out foreigners don't like President Trump

as much as they liked President Obama. Shocker. While 64% of such foreigners had confidence in President

Obama at the end of his term, just 22% had confidence in Trump. Favorability toward the United

States dropped from 64% to 49% as well.

Confidence in President Trump to do the right thing versus Obama dropped in every single

country except for two.

Israel, where President Obama was widely and correctly perceived to be anti-Israel pro-Aram

pro-Palestinian, 49% of Israelis trusted Obama to do the right thing versus 56% for Trump,

and Russia, where Trump's consistently sycophantic rhetoric toward the Russian government did not go

unnoticed, 11% trusted Obama versus 53% for Trump. The countries that saw the biggest drops

are generally sophisticated democratic socialist countries like Sweden, 83% drop. The Netherlands,

75% drop, and Germany, 75% drop.

The different views of Obama and Trump on the world stage reflect a basic truth.

Foreigners prefer a reticent America.

First, it is unfair to Trump to pretend that his unpopularity globally is some sort of Republican outlier.

By the time George W. Bush left office, his ratings were almost identical to Trump's in the UK, France, Germany, and Spain.

That's not a shock. The world loves in America that pays their bills without attempting to

promote any of our interests. In fact, the Pew poll also shows that Trump is more unpopular

than Vladimir Putin, a murderous thug dictator who has invaded foreign countries with regularity. Foreigners prefer an American policy that favors Iran

nuclear weapon development. Forty-nine percent versus 34 percent. More Muslim immigration.

62 percent to 32 percent. Support for climate change strictures. 71 percent to 19 percent

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