Global Survey Shows Declining Trust in US; China Perception Remains Positive

Global perceptions of the U.S. have deteriorated for a second consecutive year and are now worse than views of Russia, an annual study on ​democracy published on Friday showed, as U.S. President Donald Trump's policies continue ‌to severely strain the NATO alliance. The Denmark-based Alliance of Democracies Foundation, which commissioned the survey, said the U.S. was also most frequently named in response to which country posed the greatest threat to ​the world, after Russia and Israel. The survey did not go into ​details on the criteria used, but the Alliance says its aim is ⁠to defend and advance democratic values.