Well, howdy there, Internet people, it's Bell again.

So today, we're going to talk about Trump versus Putin versus G by the numbers.

We're going to start off with the question and then just go through the numbers, because

the numbers to discuss this actually exist, and they were just updated. So here's the question.

Quote, you said that American soft power continues to decline and just left it at that.

I'm sorry, I'm going to need a source. When comparing other superpowers like Russia or China, you think little countries would lean their way?

I'm sorry, but I'm just not seeing it.

The world doesn't respect CCPG more than Trump.

I understand that soft power is important, and I don't think Elon should have cut all those programs.

But you're out of your mind.

Citation needed. Understood. But first, Russia is not a superpower. Okay, so there's a thing called

the Democracy Perception Index, and that has the answers to your questions. They just collected new data from April 9th to

the 23rd. They surveyed more than 110,000 people in more than 100 countries. In 82% of countries,

the people there held a net negative opinion of Trump. Chinese President Xi Jinping was only net

negative in 44% of countries. Putin, you know, the guy that most of the world hates because of

that whole invasion thing, was only net negative in 61% of countries. More countries are net negative of Trump than Putin.

When you're talking about global perceptions, Trump has 58% negative perception across the globe.

Putin is 49% and Xi is only 31%. It certainly seems that the world respects CCPG more than Trump.

Surprisingly, Elon also was listed. He's at 42% negative perception. As far as Trump's effect

on U.S. soft power, the U.S. has a negative 5% perception.

Russia has negative 9%. And China has a positive 14%.

Interestingly, the country with what I think is the highest net positive rating is Denmark with 66%.

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