True Extent Of Donald Trump’s UK Unpopularity Revealed

More than four in five British people have an unfavourable view of Donald Trump, it has been revealed.

The damning findings were contained in a YouGov poll which showed the full extent of the US president’s unpopularity across Europe.

In the UK, a staggering 83% of adults say they view Trump unfavourably, compared to just 13% who have a favourable opinion.

That gives him an overall favourability rating of minus 70.

Incredibly, Trump’s standing is even worse in every other European country surveyed apart from France.

Unsurprisingly, he is most unpopular in Denmark, who he has repeatedly criticised for refusing to hand over Greenland to America.

Some 94% of Danes have an unfavourable opinion of Trump, with just 4% having a favourable view – giving him a net score of minus 90.

In Italy, where prime minister Giorgia Meloni had a spectacular falling out with Trump after he accused her of begging him for a selfie, his net favourability is minus 79.

Trump’s score is minus 76 in Germany and minus 75 in Spain.

The president is most popular – or, more accurately, least unpopular – in France, where is favourability rating is minus 65.

Trump has repeatedly been critical of Europe, and the EU, throughout his second term in office.

On Wednesday, he even threatened to cut off all trade with the continent after European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen offered Canada “associate membership” of the EU.

That is because America is embroiled in an ongoing trade war with its northern neighbour.

Talks between the US and Canada have collapsed, with Trump imposing 50% tariffs on imports from its northern neighbour.

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