Indians have high confidence in Trump, US image declines globally: Pew study

Indians have higher confidence in United States President Donald Trump than those in several other countries, according to a survey published by the Pew Research Centre on Wednesday.

However, favourable views about the US declined in 15 of the 24 countries where the think tank conducted the survey. There was no significant change in the views about the US in six countries including India, the survey found.

The perceptions about the US had become more favourable in three countries: Israel, Nigeria and Turkey.

Among the surveyed countries, the median level of confidence in Trump as a world leader was 34% and no confidence was 62%. However, in India, 52% of the respondents expressed confidence in Trump, while 23% said that they were not confident, the Washington-based think tank found.

Israel, Nigeria, Hungary and Kenya were the other countries where Trump enjoyed high confidence.

In India, 54% of the Hindu respondents said that they were confident about Trump, as compared to 39% of Muslims.

India, Kenya and Nigeria were the only countries where at least half of the adult respondents said that they found Trump to be honest. Respondents in less than one-third of the surveyed countries said that “honest” does not describe the US president.

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