Republicans remain firmly supportive of President Donald Trump’s overtures to Russia, even as the GOP’s congressional leaders are wary. A new McClatchy-Marist poll found large majority of Republicans, 73 percent, appear ready to dismiss leadership’s concerns about getting too close to the longtime adversary amid worries about alleged meddling of […] Read more »
How Vladimir Putin Became the Oracle of the East
Immediately following the annexation of Crimea and the tragedy of flight MH17, the West largely regarded Vladimir Putin as a dangerous international pariah. But two years later, following the sweeping success of demagogues world-wide, Putin has emerged as a new oracle of the East, leading the charge for the new […] Read more »
Carson Wins on Personality, Trump on Terror in Bloomberg Poll
Republicans overwhelmingly pick Ben Carson over Donald Trump for having the better temperament to be president, but they have far more confidence in the billionaire than the retired surgeon to take on terror, handle Russian President Vladimir Putin and fix immigration. The latest Bloomberg Politics national poll shows the two […] Read more »
Russia, Putin Held in Low Regard around the World
Outside its own borders, neither Russia nor its president, Vladimir Putin, receives much respect or support, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. A median of only 30% see Russia favorably in the nations outside of Russia. Its image trails that of the United States in nearly every region […] Read more »
Donald Trump’s severe unpopularity, visualized
Donald Trump has a habit of saying nice things about Vladimir Putin — including Wednesday on CNN, when he said in an interview that he would be able to work well with the Russian president. Perhaps that’s because Putin is about the only politician that makes Trump look popular by […] Read more »
Tale of Two Presidents: Obama and Putin
… Today, a median of 45% of the world approves of the job performance of the leadership of the U.S., giving it the highest approval ratings out of the five world powers measured for the second consecutive year. Although the U.S. has the highest global leadership approval ratings in the […] Read more »