Trump in Perspective: US Views Toward the Liberal World Order

• In Event: Retrenchment from the Global Order? US Foreign Policy Under Trump and Beyond

Abstract

Using polls from Gallup, Chicago, and Pew Global Attitudes Survey, the authors evaluate continuity and change in American public attitudes. The analysis examines public support for a basket of beliefs that indicate support of ‘America First’ policies, specifically, a lack of support for US world leadership, a rejection of working and compromising with allies, and an emphasis on military might rather than on diplomacy. We argue that US public opinion about America’s place in the world has been remarkably stable, even over the past five years, in contrast to the conduct of US foreign policy.

Authors

• Stephanie Anderson, University of Wyoming

• Jean Garrison, University of Wyoming