Pew poll concludes US image in the world tarnished because of Donald Trump, but what about CNN and Edward Snowden?
A Pew poll has concluded that Donald Trump has damaged the world’s view of the USA:
June 27, 2017
The image of the United States has deteriorated sharply across the globe under President Donald Trump and an overwhelming majority of people in other countries have no confidence in his ability to lead, a survey from the Pew Research Center showed.
Five months into Trump’s presidency, the survey spanning 37 nations showed U.S. favorability ratings in the rest of the world slumping to 49 percent from 64 percent at the end of Barack Obama’s eight years in the White House.
But the falls were far steeper in some of America’s closest allies, including U.S. neighbors Mexico and Canada, and European partners like Germany and Spain.
Trump took office in January pledging to put “America First”. Since then he has pressed ahead with plans to build a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico, announced he will pull out of the Paris climate accord, and accused countries including Canada, Germany and China of unfair trade practices.
On his first foreign trip as president in early June, Trump received warm welcomes in Saudi Arabia and Israel, but a cool reception from European partners, with whom he clashed over NATO spending, climate and trade.
Just 30 percent of Mexicans now say they have a favorable view of the United States, down from 66 percent at the end of the Obama era. In Canada and Germany, favorability ratings slid by 22 points, to 43 percent and 35 percent, respectively.
In many European countries, the ratings were comparable to those seen at the end of the presidency of George W. Bush, whose 2003 invasion of Iraq was deeply unpopular.
“The drop in favorability ratings for the United States is widespread,” the Pew report said. “The share of the public with a positive view of the U.S. has plummeted in a diverse set of countries from Latin America, North America, Europe, Asia and Africa”. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-image-survey-idUSKBN19I00F
Not all countries viewed Barack Obama better than Donald Trump (Saudi Arabia and Israel come to immediate mind). Furthermore, those in Africa tend to be more supportive of Donald Trump on many matters than Barack Obama, as I learned when I was in Africa in February. The same is true of Serbia, where I was earlier this month.
That being said, yes, many of those in Europe and Mexico have negative views of Donald Trump and the USA. Europe does not like Donald Trump’s position on withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, or certain things he said related to NATO. The Mexicans do not like Donald Trump’s plan for a stronger border wall or returning illegal immigrants back to Mexico.
And neither the European Union nor Mexico like what Donald Trump has said about trade. The trade matter is one where Europe feels this is the time to take the lead. Notice something from the German press a couple of days ago:
25 June 2017
The EU also wants to take the lead in maintaining free trade around the world, which member states see threatened by the protectionist tendencies of US President Donald Trump. http://www.dw.com/en/the-east-west-divide-in-the-eu-deepens/a-39403028
Europe is interested in trade deals, and will make them whether or not the USA is party to them. That is part of why Angela Merkel met with Argentinian and Mexican officials earlier this month (see Germany’s Merkel is in Argentina making deals with Mexico and Argentina).
Now, has Donald Trump made statements that upset people around the world?
Yes.
So, is some of this negative image his fault?
Yes.
Is he the only one causing the the image of the USA to be tarnished around the world?
No.
Disturbingly, the mainstream media in the USA and other parts of the world have also contributed to this through misreporting, intentional Donald Trump bashing, and improper innuendo.
One such source has been CNN which has been involved in multiple questionable acts. Notice the following:
June 27, 2017
President Trump blasted CNN early Tuesday after the network retracted a story published last week tying a top Trump ally to a Russian investment bank.
Three CNN journalists, including the executive editor in charge of a new investigative unit, have resigned after the publication of a Russia-related article that was retracted.
Thomas Frank, who wrote the story in question; Eric Lichtblau, an editor in the unit; and Lex Haris, who oversaw the unit, have all left CNN.
“In the aftermath of the retraction of a story published on CNN.com, CNN has accepted the resignations of the employees involved in the story’s publication,” a spokesman said Monday evening.
An internal investigation by CNN management found that some standard editorial processes were not followed when the article was published, people briefed on the results of the investigation said.
The story, which reported that Congress was investigating a “Russian investment fund with ties to Trump officials,” cited a single anonymous source. …
On Friday, one of the people named in the story, Trump ally Anthony Scaramucci, disputed Frank’s reporting and said, “I did nothing wrong.” …
Friday night, once it was determined that editorial processes were not followed, CNN deleted the story from CNN.com. Soon thereafter, the story was officially retracted and replaced with an editor’s note.
The piece “did not meet CNN’s editorial standards and has been retracted,” the note said. “Links to the story have been disabled.”
The editor’s note also included an apology to Scaramucci.
“CNN did the right thing. Classy move. Apology accepted,” Scaramucci tweeted the next morning. “Everyone makes mistakes. Moving on.” http://money.cnn.com/2017/06/26/media/cnn-announcement-retracted-article/index.html
June 27, 2017
Caught on a hidden camera, a CNN producer admitted the network’s focus on allegations that Donald Trump’s election campaign colluded with Russia is mostly for ratings, noting his mostly liberal audience wouldn’t have put up with that kind of treatment of former President Obama.
“I think there are a lot of liberal CNN viewers who want to see Trump really get scrutinized,” said CNN producer John Bonifield.
“And I think if we would have behaved that way with President Obama, and scrutinized everything that he was doing with as much scrutiny as we applied to Donald Trump, I think our viewers would have been turned off.
“I think they would have felt like we were attacking him. I think our viewers right now, I’m not saying our viewers are super liberals, I think there’s just a lot of them, and … Trump is good for business right now.”
The comments were caught on an undercover video made by James O’Keefe’s Project Veritas. http://www.wnd.com/2017/06/cnn-producer-no-big-giant-proof-for-russia-claims/#PDsEA2d8SI2VhTMw.99
27 June 2017
In a new undercover video, a CNN producer is caught on tape admitting that CNN’s obsessions with Donald Trump and Russia are due to chasing ratings from their liberal audience.
“Why is CNN constantly like ‘Russia this, Russia that?’” an unnamed Project Veritas reporter asks John Bonifield, CNN supervising producer, in a video that appears to have been filmed covertly.
“Because it’s ratings,” Bonifield said. “Our ratings are incredible right now.” …
“All the nice cutesey ethics that used to get talked about in journalism school, you’re like: ‘That’s adorable,’” he said. “This is a business.” …
“Even if Russia was trying to swing an election, we try to swing their elections,” Bonifield said. …
“Like we don’t have any big giant proof,” he said. “I think the president is probably right to say, like, ‘Look, you are witch-hunting me. You have no smoking gun. You have no real proof.’” http://thefederalist.com/2017/06/27/cnn-producer-fesses-just-russia-stuff-ratings/
The story was fake, but the bias at CNN allowed it to be pushed–and those last two items above give reasons why. There are other improper narratives about Donald Trump that the mainstream media continues to push without proof. Basically, the disdain that many in the media have for Donald Trump is affecting their ‘reporting.’ That, in turn, is hurting the image of the USA.
This is not to say that Donald Trump does not make improper statements and has not hurt the USA with some of his statements–he has. But the vehemency of the hate that many journalists have towards him is not good for the USA.
Jesus taught:
25 Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand. (Matthew 12:25)
The time is coming when the USA will no longer stand (cf. Daniel 11:39). We are more and more seeing that the divisions in the USA are growing. And it is not all Donald Trump’s fault. Despite his bipartisan campaign promises, Barack Obama was a great divider himself, and the hypocrisy we have seen from Republicans and Democrats on many matters is part of his legacy (though the Republicans and Democrats did not need any push from Barack Obama to act as they have).
Furthermore, the Snowden leaks showed that the Obama Administration did not trust Europe in general and Germany in particular. While this seemed to upset the leadership more than the average European, Donald Trump’s actions and statements have motivated more in Europe to turn against the USA.
The New York Times, this morning, reported, “Over all, faith in American leadership has plunged in many nations in Europe and around the world in the months since Mr. Trump took office” (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/06/27/briefing/donald-trump-theresa-may-angela-merkel.html). But the New York Times does not seem to realize that the Bible prophesies that Europe will rise up to lead the world (Revelation 13) in trade (Revelation 18) as well as conquer the USA (Daniel 11:39).
There are ongoing trade issues with Europe and the USA as well. Notice one:
THE United States may be hit with a “nuclear option” of trade tariffs if President Donald Trump blocks Britain and the European Union from its markets.
27 June 2017
US President Trump is currently waiting on the imminent outcome of an investigation examining whether America’s steel producers are under threat because of intense foreign competition.Titled ‘Section 232’, the probe could enable the US to implement huge trade tariffs on steel made from foreign producers in a bid to protect the US’s national security.President Trump fears US steel companies will not be able to compete with their foreign competitors, which will in turn harm America’s industrial base. …In retaliation of Mr Trump’s potential move, the European Commission is allegedly considering a series of “safeguarding measures” to prevent EU businesses from collapsing.EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said the bloc was “making preparations” to retaliate in the event the US introduces new tariffs, the Telegraph reports. Ms Malmstroem added the EU “would be unjustifiably hit” by the tariffs in a bid to justify the bloc’s preparations. http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/821669/EU-Brussels-steel-tariff-trade-defence-Donald-Trump-nuclear-option-war-May-Juncker
Many Europeans now believe that Europe must take the lead of the West because of Donald Trump. It matters little to them if Donald Trump is right or wrong on various issues–Donald Trump has offended many and many European leaders see this as an opportunity to push for more European unity and world leadership.
This will not end well for the USA (Daniel 11:39; see also USA in Prophecy: The Strongest Fortresses), its Anglo-Saxon descended allies (Daniel 8:24-25), nor ultimately for Europe (cf. Daniel 11:44-45). But world events are aligning with biblical prophesies.
Some items of possibly related interest include:
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