A new Pew Research Center poll shows broadly negative views of US President Donald Trump and declining global confidence in the United States as a reliable partner. The survey interviewed 42,151 adults in 36 countries from February to May 2026, a period during which respondents’ answers are shaped by ongoing geopolitical tensions, including US-China competition and the US-Israeli conflict with Iran that begins in late February. Across the countries surveyed, roughly two-thirds of respondents express no confidence in Trump’s leadership of world affairs, while far fewer say the US is a dependable partner. The results indicate that trust in Trump specifically is low in many regions, and that perceptions of the US’s reliability as an ally or partner continue to weaken. Both reports highlight that public opinion in the surveyed countries trends against confidence in Trump and in the United States’ role in international cooperation. The findings are drawn from Pew’s cross-national sampling and are reported as averages across the participating countries.