Trump is making China – not America – great again, global survey suggests

The poll of nearly 26,000 respondents in countries around the world found majorities in almost every territory surveyed expected China’s global influence to grow over the next decade. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images

A year after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, a global survey suggests much of the world believes his nation-first, “Make America Great Again” approach is instead helping to make China great again.

The 21-country survey for the influential European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) thinktank also found that under Trump, the US is less feared by its traditional adversaries, while its allies – particularly in Europe – feel ever more distant.