The global U.S. image takes a beating under Trump, according to a new report by Pew.

Donald Trump, who has always been conscious of ratings, may be about to get some troubling news.

A poll released today by Pew Research Center gauged global perceptions of the U.S. president, and the results aren't favorable for the man in the White House.

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"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," according to the poll, an effort that spans 37 nations and has been used by Pew to track global opinion of the U.S. since 2002. In the opinion of most survey participants, the former reality star turned politician is "arrogant, intolerant and even dangerous."

The survey, which reached 40,447 respondents from Feb.16 to May 8, found the U.S. president is less popular than Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also received low marks.

Trump is also less likable than former U.S. President Barack Obama – by a significant margin. A median of just 22 percent of respondents believe Trump would do the right thing in international affairs, while a median of 64 percent thought the same of Obama during the final years of his presidency. The global confidence in Trump is similar to or worse than that of President George W. Bush in his second term.

When compared to Obama, Trump garners more positive views in only two countries: Russia and Israel, where 53 percent and 56 percent of people had favorable views, respectively. Overall, the president's highest support comes from Filipinos, 69 percent of whom say they have confidence in the U.S. president. In Nigeria and Vietnam, 58 percent of respondents give him high marks. Among all respondents, 55 percent consider him a strong leader.

Many of Trump's initiatives are unpopular worldwide, according to the poll. Much of the global public disapproves of moves to build a wall along the Mexico border, pull out of international trade and climate agreements and restrict visitors from certain Muslim majority countries. Although in the case of the travel ban, more than half of respondents in Hungary, Israel, Poland and Russia endorse that proposal.

Donald Trump's presidency has influenced how the world perceives the United States.

"Overall ratings of the U.S. are down pretty steeply in many countries," says Richard Wike, director of global attitudes research at Pew Research Center.

Near the end of Obama's term, a median of 64 percent had positive views of the U.S., while today, only 49 percent have favorable opinions. Some of the most significant declines in U.S. image are found among longstanding allies, such as Germany.

The poll also found mixed reactions to the U.S.' soft power, which it defines as "the ability of a nation to attract and persuade others through the appeal of its values, ideas and culture." People in most countries, and in Europe in particular, "do not think it is good that American ideas and customs are spreading to their country," the survey found.

That said, most survey respondents report favorable opinions of Americans. U.S. popular culture maintains appeal and many people say the U.S. government respects individual rights.

"These are still the things people like about the U.S. when they may not be happy with the president or the president's foreign policies," Wike says.

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One way to interpret the survey's findings is that the "world is incredulous that the U.S. could feel put upon," says Jon Alterman, a senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

"A lot of countries feel that they have engaged in global systems under U.S. leadership and suddenly the U.S. wants a one-on-one match up where the the U.S. is overwhelmingly the more powerful party and they don't understand how the U.S. can see the world that way," he says. "A lot of the president's appeal to middle America about Washington profiting at their expense is the way much of the world feels about the U.S."

What's unclear, Alterman says, is whether the popularity of the U.S. has any role in whether it can be a successful global leader.

"You can make the case that there are some instances in which you don't want to be popular, you want to be respected," he says.

