WASHINGTON (AP) - A majority of U.S. adults expect America's relations with foreign adversaries like Russia and North Korea to grow more hostile, according to a new poll, a major shift in public opinion from four years ago under President Donald Trump.Two years into the Biden administration, 60% of U.S.
adults say relations with adversaries will get worse, up from 26% four years ago at the same point in the Trump administration, according to the poll from the Pearson Institute and The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
Just 21% say relationships with allies will deteriorate, down from 46% then.In general, 39% expect the country’s global standing to worsen, compared with 48% who said that in 2018.
Crucially, the United States’ own sharply divided domestic politic s influences views of the country’s standing abroad."Those results really, clearly show that it’s hyperpartisanship" affecting how confidently or bleakly, respectively, Democrats and Republicans see the U.S.