---
title: "Video: Americans Grow More Pessimistic about U.S. Role in World Affairs"
description: "Highlights from the report: Public Sees U.S. Power Declining as Support for Global Engagement Slips. For the first time in nearly a half century of polling – a majority agrees that the United States should mind its own business internationally."
date: "2013-12-03"
authors:
  - name: "Pew Research Center"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/12/03/video-americans-grow-more-pessimistic-about-u-s-role-in-world-affairs/"
categories:
  - "Defense & National Security"
  - "Economic Policy"
  - "Global Balance of Power"
  - "Global Economy & Trade"
  - "Global Image of Countries"
  - "Global Trade"
  - "International Affairs"
  - "Terrorism"
  - "U.S. Global Image"
---

# Video: Americans Grow More Pessimistic about U.S. Role in World Affairs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdxhDHcF5Fc

Highlights from the report: [Public Sees U.S. Power Declining as Support for Global Engagement Slips](https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2013/12/03/public-sees-u-s-power-declining-as-support-for-global-engagement-slips). For the first time in nearly a half century of polling – a majority agrees that the United States should mind its own business internationally.