I don't think it's a matter of personality especially, but of policy. Not of liking or disliking the man, but his actions as a president who seems to have supra-parliamentary authority.
We also need consider that "Europe" is not a nation, nor a single culture. It is a continent holding nearly thirty separate, very different, independent, largely friendly, and co-operative countries, each with its own language, culture and politics. So general opinions on the USA and its President may vary significantly from one European country to another, depending on the effects of US politics and big-business on it.
President Trump's domestic politics are American for Americans only, apart from his inconsistent import taxes on goods imported from European countries. (He seems not to realise that his tariffs are paid by Americans within America. The exporters and importers know they are, and fear they could depress sales.)
What concerns foreigners, anywhere in the world, is the USA's foreign policies under him; and sometimes Trump and his cohort seem to regard foreign nations as important only if they have lop-sided commercial value to the USA. Nations, not the nationals themselves.
On the other hand, strong right-wing tendencies are rising in many countries including European ones, and with that, admiring presidents who appear to show uncompromising, hard-Right ideology and disdain for constitution, parliament and judiciary.
@ArishMell The key point is that in Trump's deranged world view, there can only ever be one winner. Therefore he is naturally in conflict with other nations pursuing similar ends.
I'm surprised the UK registers a comparatively low disapproval rating. Nigel Farage, who is apparently a personal friend of Trump, avoids most references to him in public as he is considered to be electorally toxic.
The Danish PM called a snap general election yesterday. Which should result in an overwhelming victory for a progressive politicisn. Another unintended consequence of Trumpian foreign policy 😊
Your graph purports to show "approval ratings", which is a very different matter from liking or disliking. I find it difficult to imagine anyone liking President Trump. But many people support, or have some sympathy for, some of his policies.
@val70 You make my point for me. You devote 13 lines to describing what a terrible man President Trump is, and say only half a dozen words about one of his policies. It's a regrettable feature of modern political opinion development. People decide whether they like a politician or not, and having done so believe that the person concerned can do no wrong or no right. It goes far beyond Trump. For myself, I don't care so much about a politician's character, though of course that is relevant. I'm more interested in what he or she does.
@MartinII The only thing that moves me is injustice and the possibility of that recurring in Europe because Trump actually told everyone where his end game is going now. No, It's not about his character any more but where he's heading next. It's not even about him any more in person but about this half-crazed world vision starting with his presidency now. I'm not going stand idly by when some are trying to cover Europe back under a mantle of deep dark madness yet again. Try to pull the other one that it's all made up because it comes straight out of every major US speech or deed coming from near to almost all major US embassies in Europe
@ron122 If you ask around, because I've been on EP and SW for decades now, you'll know. I'm an easy going person, very Christian, very humble, very much of the right or rather of true conservative stock with family who actually fought nazism and objected to fascism before, very respeciful for other opinions if they don't hurt others... no, nothing like Trump. The whiner-in-chief
@MartinII That it's absolutely childish to actually believe in any these rabbit hole theories that are only present on the internet where an adult is most possibly not immediately present. No, we don't need this attitude nor false information. Even now there are only half the about of Muslims living in Europe than there are homosexuals. The minds boggles where all this thinking is heading. Perhaps back to a clear persecution of clear minorities again?
@MartinII I've been clear enough. I don't need to accept the fact that someone is an adult from only a set of numbers on a profile. When someone has an opinion like that every European country that doesn't approve of Trump in majority will become an Islamic country, I do always hope for them that they still need to get through childhood with the proper years of education in any way possible safely
