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How Does the World See the United States? Ada Ogbonna The United States seems to be in a season of separation, perhaps becoming more divided than united, and this can be seen through U.S. interactions with the rest of the world. The Pew Global Attitudes Project measures foreign opinion of the United States. According to its findings published on FactCheck.org, citizens in 35 out of 37 countries have a less favorable opinion of the U.S. since President Trump took office. Allies Find U.S. Friendship Strained In the last year, British Prime Minister Theresa May has been put in more compromising situations than in previous years in her career. From being the first world leader to visit the president in January 2017 to scheduling the president’s first official visit to Britain in late February 2018, Theresa May dove deep into the shark tank of political controversy and backlash. President Trump is unpopular in Britain as multiple diplomatic flare ups have put a unique strain on relations between the two countries. London Mayor Sadiq Khan openly celebrated President Trump’s cancellation of his trip planned for later this month. But the ‘special relationship’ between the U.S. and Great Britain limits how Prime Minister May can respond. This ‘special relationship’ outlines the political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the U.K. and the U.S. According to The Christian Science Monitor, it is the reason as to why Mrs. May is in a “particular bind” as she is “forced to maintain” the status quo with
believe the U.S. can no longer be considered a leader in terms of establishing peace in the Israeli-Palestine conflict. “This conflict is centuries of disagreements, stemming from the time of Abraham himself. It poses a dynamic question which stuns the brightest politicians of our day and demands either war or aggressive compromise,” junior Sarah Watson said.
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the U.S., even as doing so erodes the support she receives from the antiTrump public at home. The Pew Project reports 11 percent of Germans have confidence in Pres. Trump; it was 86 percent under Pres. Obama. Other allies show a similar decline. Leadership of the U.N. The U.S. finds itself in another difficult circumstance after the meeting held by the U.N. on the voting of the Jerusalem status resolution. In the session, 128 countries voted in favor of condemning President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. This stemmed from the fact that Israel and Palestine have been in conflict for many years as to which has sovereignty over the land. Because President Trump decided to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the U.N. voted overwhelmingly to condemn that decision, many
Support for Mr. Trump “I’m not — and I don’t want to be — the president of the world,” President Trump famously said. “I’m the President of the United States. And from now on, it’s going to be America first.” And some world leaders responded to President Trump’s leadership. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said during his visit to the White House last year, “Now with the birth of the Trump administration, a new genesis will be built between Japan and U.S. in economic relations.” Many in the U.S. who supported President Trump during the 2016 election wanted exactly that. “During the campaign, I liked that he was talking about putting America first and creating more jobs within the United States,” junior Hannah Joly said. Women of Vision Regardless of the political divisions within the country or abroad, the U.S. is still vital to the world. “I would like to see America stay as a leader and continue to work for the betterment of humanity by encouraging leaders to move us forward with other countries,” World History teacher Mrs. Natalie Morgan said.
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