Add Category
  Faith in the United States and confidence in its president has collapsed around the world since the election of Donald Trump, new data published by the Pew Research Centre confirms.
The survey, spanning 37 nations, finds a median of just 22 per cent has confidence in Mr Trump to do the right thing in international affairs, compared with 64 per cent that had faith in former president Barack Obama during his final years in office.
Fake news: Turnbull channels Trump
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull borrows some lines from Donald Trump when asked about internal party division, saying it's just clickbait journalism and fake news.
In Australia, 29 per cent had faith in Mr Trump to do the right thing, compared with 89 per cent who felt that way about Mr Obama.
Of all the nations surveyed, only in Russia and Israel did faith in the US and its president increase.
Pew has conducted the survey in America's image abroad since 2002, and found that it grew markedly under the Obama presidency after George W Bush left office, and has collapsed since Mr Trump was elected.
Respondents around the world are opposed to Mr Trump's stance against international treaties and accords, such as the Paris Climate Change agreement, his administration's efforts to restrict entry to the US by people from some Muslim majority nations and his stance on the Iran nuclear deal.
The finding comes after Mr Trump refused to explicitly endorse Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty - which commits member nations to come to one another's aid in the event that they are attacked - during a speech at the NATO headquarters.
"In the eyes of most people surveyed around the world, the White House's new occupant is arrogant, intolerant and even dangerous," said Pew in its report on the findings.
But 55 per cent of respondents said they found him to be a strong leader, and 39 per cent thought he was charismatic.
During his election campaign Mr Trump promised not only to restore respect for America, that he said had fallen during the Obama administration, but also to place American interests at the centre of its foreign policy. Some critics viewed this as a return to isolationism.
Mr Trump's favourability ratings in the US have been historically low for a new president, and today stand at 40 per cent according to the average of polls by Real Clear Politics.