"After the tensions of the George W. Bush era, the new US president's approval ratings among Germans skyrocketed. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 93% of Germans believed Obama would "do the right thing regarding world affairs." That remains a record to this day. Even in 2016, at the end of his second term, an extraordinary 86% of Germans still trusted Obama."
"German trust in the US president plummeted to a fraction of what it had been. A poll conducted towards the end of his first term found that only about 10% of respondents still trusted him. According to a new poll by the Allensbach Institute, a German market research institute, two-thirds of Germans currently see the US as "one of the greatest threats to world peace" alongside Russia and China."
In 2009 Barack Obama's inauguration triggered strong enthusiasm across Germany, with a Pew Research Center poll reporting 93% of Germans believed he would 'do the right thing regarding world affairs.' By 2016, 86% still trusted Obama, and the United States was seen as a reliable partner despite the Edward Snowden leaks. After Donald Trump's 2016 victory German trust in the U.S. presidency collapsed, with about 10% trusting him near the end of his first term and little improvement later. By mid-last year 73% judged U.S.–German relations under Trump as 'bad,' and an Allensbach poll found two-thirds view the U.S. as a major threat to world peace.
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