A Majority of Americans Favor Expanding Natural Gas Production To Export to Europe
Yet renewable sources, like wind and solar, remain Americans’ overall priority for domestic production.
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Yet renewable sources, like wind and solar, remain Americans’ overall priority for domestic production.
Most Americans see little ability for the U.S. and China to cooperate on climate change policy or combating the spread of infectious disease. A majority of Americans continue to view the China-Russia partnership as a very serious problem for the U.S.
Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.
Most say cooperation with other countries is important in dealing with global threats, especially on the spread of infectious diseases.
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Views of the U.S. are favorable across many of the 33 countries we surveyed in 2019, although confidence in U.S. President Donald Trump is low.
People around the world agree that climate change poses a severe risk to their countries, according to a 26-nation survey conducted in spring 2018. Terrorism, specifically from ISIS, and cyberattacks are also seen by many as major security threats.
President Trump and his policies continue to receive negative reviews from people worldwide, with a lack of confidence in his leadership especially common in Western Europe. While views of the U.S. are positive overall, they vary widely among some of its key allies.
Americans and Germans have vastly different opinions of their relationship, but they tend to agree on issues such as cooperation with other European allies and support for NATO.
Take a look at six charts on how Germans and Americans see one another and how German attitudes toward the United States have shifted in the Trump era.
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