Residents in 10 European countries have little confidence that Donald Trump would “do the right thing” when handling world affairs as president, according to a Pew Research Center poll released Wednesday.
Fewer than 10 percent of respondents living in the nations surveyed expressed confidence in the presumptive Republican presidential nominee’s ability to handle affairs between the U.S. and other countries, while 85 percent said they would have no confidence in a President Trump.
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The opposite was true of Trump’s Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton. A majority of Europeans (59 percent) trust the former secretary of state to appropriately handle world affairs, while 27 percent do not.
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Residents of Sweden and Germany especially do not trust Trump to deal with international affairs. Ninety-two percent of Swedes said they have little to no confidence in the billionaire, while 89 percent of Germans felt the same. More than 85 percent of respondents in France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands indicated they would not want Trump in a position of power when it comes to handling international affairs.
Public confidence in Trump reaches similar levels in countries of the Asia-Pacific region as well.
Respondents in Australia, China, India and Japan afforded Clinton a net-positive rating when asked whether they trust her to handle matters of international consequence, while Trump consistently received negative ratings.
The Pew Research Center survey of 20,132 respondents from 15 nations was conducted April 4-May 29.
