US image suffers around the globe under Trump: survey American president viewed particularly unfavorably among many traditional allies in Western Europe.

Almost three-quarters of the world has no confidence in Donald Trump, with support for the U.S. president particularly low in Europe, according to a survey of public opinion in 37 countries released Monday.

The research by the Pew Research Center found that Trump "has had a major impact on how the world sees the United States." Overall, 74 percent of the 40,000 respondents to the poll expressed no confidence in the president, while only 22 percent expressed confidence in him.

"Trump and many of his key policies are broadly unpopular around the globe, and ratings for the U.S. have declined steeply in many nations," the center said in the report.

Support for Trump is particularly low in nations that are considered traditional allies of the United States, the survey found: "The sharp decline in how much global publics trust the U.S. president on the world stage is especially pronounced among some of America’s closest allies in Europe and Asia, as well as neighboring Mexico and Canada."

Confidence in Trump to "do the right thing regarding world affairs" stood at 10 percent in Sweden, 11 percent in Germany, 14 percent in France, 7 percent in Spain and 22 percent in the U.K. for example. In only two countries, Russia and Israel, did Trump receive higher ratings than former U.S. President Barack Obama.

Several factors could account for the figures in Russia and Israel. Favorable rhetoric toward Vladimir Putin and expressed desires to improve U.S.-Russia relations are demonstrated in the poll, with more than half of Russians believing that the relationship between the two countries will improve during Trump's tenure. Similarly, Trump's hardline stance on Israel has been bolstered during and after the campaign, as well as with the appointment of his son-in-law Jared Kushner, a family friend of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The survey found that Trump's low confidence ratings stem from both his policies and character. Policy decisions such as withdrawing from international trade agreements and the Paris climate change deal have reduced confidence in the new American leader. But most respondents around the globe found Trump "arrogant, intolerant and even dangerous."

While the American president saw a slight increase in his popularity in Europe compared to 2016, he still remains broadly unpopular. In some instances Trump polled as poorly in Western European nations as former President George W. Bush at the conclusion of his term in 2008. By contrast, a median of 64 percent of respondents expressed confidence in President Obama during the final years of his term, the survey reports.

The survey, which also studied respondents' views on three other world leaders, found that German Chancellor Angela Merkel enjoys widespread support among foreign publics in much of Europe, Canada and Asia. A median of 60 percent in Europe have confidence in Merkel, and people across the globe expressed more confidence in Merkel than Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin or Chinese President Xi Jinping.