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Germany by far most admired country, with US, China and Russia vying for second – global poll taken before Covid-19

SilentPanda

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Germany is the most admired country in the world for the third year running, leaving the US in a tight battle for distant second place with China and Russia, according to a new global leadership poll.

The annual poll, conducted by Gallup, casts more doubt on US secretary of state Mike Pompeo's claim on Friday that the US was "perfectly positioned" to lead the free world in a new ideological rivalry with the Chinese Communist Party.
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The US had a 33% global approval rating for 2019, just one percentage point ahead of China and 3% ahead of Russia. Germany outshines all three by a long stretch, with a 44% rating.

The survey of a thousand adults in each of 135 countries was carried out around the world in 2019, before coronavirus struck. Washington's global standing could suffer even further in light of its mismanagement of the pandemic, which has left the US as one of the worst hotspots for the disease.
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The US was the most admired country in the world for every year of the Obama administration except one (when it came a close second to Germany in 2011), but then its popularity plummeted 18 percentage points after Trump's took office
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US leadership approval is at its lowest among the country's traditional allies in Europe, where 61% disapprove of its performance and just 24% approve. In the UK, the figures are 65% disapprove - 25% approve, with a similar outcome in France. In Germany, US stature is even worse: 78% disapprove and only 12% admire the leadership coming from Washington.

In Australia too, there was deep scepticism about the US, with 67% disapproving compared with 23% approval.

The only continent where the US has maintained an overall positive image is Africa, where a bare majority of 52% approved its conduct, but that too is way down from the 85% backing Africans gave to the US in 2009, just after Barack Obama's election.
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www.theguardian.com

Germany by far most admired country, with US, China and Russia vying for second – global poll

Annual Gallup survey casts doubt on Mike Pompeo’s claim that the US is ‘perfectly positioned’ to lead the free world in rivalry with China
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Wonder what next year poll will be like?
 
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Sunster said:
thats a weeeeird list for 2nd place
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Yup. Of all countres to choose, people are admiring the land of the racist morons and two dictatures.

At least for the US we can say people are admiring the "dream" of the country (because of movies and TV Shows) and don't know the reality of things. But China and Russia ? Yeeesh.
 
Valkerion

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Poll only consisted of 1000 people and the opinion of an admired country varies wildly between regions too. Though I do hear a lot of praise about Germany from many different people.
 
TheHunter

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I too admire a country of corruption, men with large egos and thin skin and secret state police.
 

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I assume we will get a lot of temporarily embarrassed imperialists feeling somewhat offended to be (rightfully) lumped together with Russia and China. "But our imperialism and killing of brown people is (was) so much more enlightened".
 
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Statik said:
Why would the US be admired by anyone?
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Three of the most corrupt countries tied for third place is certainly... something.
 
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aber, natürlich!

One of these days I'll have to do a refresher course on German so all those years of dull school lessons don't go to waste.
 
Unknownlight

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This is one of those "Am I crazy, or is everyone else crazy?" moments. Who in the world actively admires Russia? Is it more common in Europe and the former Soviet states? I had no idea this was a thing.
 
Lulu

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Kinda misleading, these were the only 4 countries that were on the list.

The asked 1,000 people from 135 different countries questions in regards to these 4 countries specifically.
 
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Here is the link to the full report. It is really dodgy journalism to not provide a link to the full report. (Also their most admired individual leaders report is even more funny. Trump ranks behind Ruhani.)

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Lulu said:
Kinda misleading, these were the only 4 countries that were on the list.
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Well that explains everything. The article is clickbait bollocks.
 
KillerMan91

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Unknownlight said:
This is one of those "Am I crazy, or is everyone else crazy?" moments. Who in the world actively admires Russia? Is it more common in Europe and the former Soviet states? I had no idea this was a thing.
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Probably opposite. Less common in Europe but more common elsewhere. For example in Poland even right wingers are generally firmly anti russian.
 

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Something poetic about the US basically being tied with the countries that Americans hate the most right now.
 
RoninStrife

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Yeah.. China and Russia? Bots... ramping up those numbers.. unless people liked political oppression and a dwindling economy.
 
weekev

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USA and China I get since they're economic power houses.

But who the hell is admiring Russia?
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I think admire is the wrong word. Im impressed by Russia. They have basically taken over the world without the world realising it has happened. That shit is impressive.
 

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Germany doesn't allow arcades, so it cannot be number 1 for me.

Still a great country though; I have family living there so I visit fairly often.

The US and Russia would be pretty low on the list of countries I've visited.
 
Makoto Yuki

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As a rootin, tootin, freedom-lovin' 'Murican, I'm genuinely enjoying my time in Germany.

It's not perfect, and there are things about 'Murica I miss. Such as all the fast food variety and conveniences like a 24 hour shops being available. My buddies and I always joke about what's the first thing we are gonna do when we get back to the states. It usually involves being up at 3:00 AM getting fast food and loitering at the Wallmart in our PJs, while looking at guns, because you know, 'Murica.
 
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Austerity fetishists, two dictatorships and a corporate dystopia are the most admired states in the world. What a time to be alive.

But with only four countries on the list my snide comment is more worthless than the poll.
 
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