Popularity rating of Donald Trump in Britain 2020-2024
As of the fourth quarter of 2024, 27 percent of people in Great Britain indicated that they liked Donald Trump, compared with 20 percent in the previous quarter. Before the most recent quarter, Donald Trump was viewed most positively in the first quarter of 2024, when 26 percent of Britons said they liked him. By contrast, Trump was the least popular in the first quarters of 2021 and 2022, when just 14 percent of people said they liked him.
Trump set for return to power in 2025
Despite indications of a close contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election quite comfortably, winning 312 electoral votes to Harris' 226. Like in the previous U.S. election in 2020, a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden looked certain until Biden announced his decision to step down in favor of his Vice President Kamala Harris in July 2024. Earlier in the year, Donald Trump, saw off his rivals in the Republican primaries of 2024, with previous favorite Ron DeSantis dropping out after finishing second in Iowa.
Trump's visit to the UK as President
Donald Trump’s first visit to the United Kingdom as U.S. President in July 2018 was not without controversy. In January 2018, several months before Trump’s visit, 45 percent of Britons were supportive of it going ahead, compared with 39 percent who thought it should be cancelled. Nevertheless, opponents of Trump’s policies formed huge protests in central London, with a huge inflatable ‘Trump Baby’ as the centerpiece. In relation to Brexit, Trump advised the British Prime Minister of the time, Theresa May, to sue the European Union. Among leave voters, Trump’s confrontational approach to negotiations led most of them to believe he would make a success of Brexit, while a further 36 percent thought he was a better leader than Theresa May.
