Russia’s greenness is immediately amusing set against the crimson autistic screeching of the West, but still, there’s interesting details hidden in detailed actual report.

For instance, Israeli approval increased the most of any significant country, by 14% points (only Liberia and Macedonia increased by more), to 67% total approval.

Meanwhile, while Russia’s approval did increase, it did so from an incredibly low base – it rose from 1% in 2015 and 2% in 2016, to a positively fawning 8% this year. Obviously, the more optimistic hopes for Russo-American relations didn’t exactly pan out. Still, considering what Trump has done to perceptions of “US leadership,” it is still perfectly legitimate for Russians to approve of his policy course.