Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack

Exclusive: poll across 15 countries finds ‘deep mistrust’, with majority doubting US would come to their aid in an attack

European confidence in an American “security guarantee” has hit a historic low, a survey suggests, with only one in 10 people across 15 countries seeing the US as an ally and majorities in all doubting it would come to their aid if they were attacked.

The survey, published on Wednesday by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank before critical G7 and Nato summits in France and Turkey over the coming weeks, revealed “deep European distrust in the US”, the authors said.

It also showed that, while many Europeans felt relations with Washington would improve once Donald Trump leaves office, they were increasingly ready in the meantime to protect themselves against US unreliability by bolstering Europe’s defence.

    • kreskin@lemmy.world
      1·
      12 days ago

      Thats probably a lower rate than current European support for… hitler. or putin.

      Someone in the previous comments said Amerrica is a cancer, but I bet we probably still have higher polling rate than actual cancer. …Probably.

  • Babalugats@feddit.ukEnglish
    3·
    13 days ago

    majorities in all doubting it would come to their aid if they were attacked.

    I do believe (maybe naively) if Europe was attacked, that the US would help, probably wouldn’t need them, but it would be more to their advantage to help, than if they didn’t. But I don’t trust the US in terms of keeping their “house” in order. The big companies that are around the world heavily lobbying, breaking laws and encouraging blatant corruption, came from there and now the rest of the world have to deal with them. They also voted Trump in.

    • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      13 days ago

      I do believe (maybe naively) if Europe was attacked, that the US would help, probably wouldn’t need them, but it would be more to their advantage to help, than if they didn’t.

      But the bozo we have in charge here is entirely transactional. So if Europe were attacked, the US might send help, but might send all out troops back via Greenland, then decide that it’s only fair for “Europe” to hand it over in exchange.

      • Siegehammer85@lemmy.world
        0·
        12 days ago

        I believe that if Europe is going to be attacked it will be Russia supported by the US or the US and Russia working together. The billionaires and the GoP hate Europe, our regulations and not prioritizing corporations over people’s rights. They want to own us or destabilize us so they can take us down. The US has been our enemy for 50 years, look at what they did to the middle east, that’s our fate if we don’t because self sufficient.

  • Akasazh@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    13 days ago

    80 years of investing in soft power down the drain. I’m the nineties people looked up to America. Every movie maar you interested in American culture.

    Great again yet?

  • Ungraded@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    11 days ago

    I doubt 1 in 10 US Government Officials would see them self as ally to Europe

  • Gormadt@slrpnk.net
    1·
    12 days ago

    As an American: fair. We have been proving to be quite the assholes (understatement) lately.

    I hope that someday we can gain that trust back but that won’t be for quite sometime and only if we can make a major turn for the better.

    • No1@aussie.zone
      3·
      11 days ago

      I shit you not. I have seen red MAGA caps here in Australia, and they are not on US tourists.

      I can’t even…

      • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
        1·
        11 days ago

        Ive heard that. sounds crazy but then I look at how the nazi flags are not uncommon with their trump and its like huh. they just love to love on each other. seriously maga caps, nazi symbol, confederate flag. its all in the same bucket here.

    • Iusedtobeanalien@lemmy.world
      2·
      11 days ago

      Which seems low because in many European countries the pin striped Nazi MAGA like parties that have long been feted by the republicans are polling much higher than that (UK, Germany, France)

  • Bubbaonthebeach@lemmy.caEnglish
    22·
    11 days ago

    It isn’t that the US has changed. It is the same as it has always been. It didn’t come to Europe’s “aid” until it had to defend itself against the Axis. It has been a American propogated myth that the US aids any other country. The US creates situations to take advantage of other countries and make it seem a benevolent action. The only change is that Trump is too stupid to get the messaging right and says the quiet parts out loud while scamming the American people for his own gain thereby removing America’s political mask and showing America’s real face to the world.