85% have anti-American feelings in Egypt, according to a new survey.
According to the Pew Research Center, which questioned citizens in 44 countries, anti-American sentiment features strongly in the Middle East, while many of those in favour come from Europe and Asia. The biggest anti-American sentiment currently comes from Egypt, where 85 per cent held an unfavourable view of Uncle Sam.
Meanwhile, only 10 per cent showed support for the U.S., which is viewed as having failed to oppose the overthrow of long-serving president Hosni Mubarak by the Muslim Brotherhood.
The figures will come as a blow to President Barack Obama, who made an impassioned speech in Cairo in 2009 that promised to seek a ‘new beginning’ for the U.S. and Muslims in the wake of 9/11 and the subsequent Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
Second in the list is Jordan (with 85 per cent against and 12 per cent in favour) followed by Turkey on 73 per cent.
Meanwhile, in Russia, which comes fourth, pro-America reaction has plunged 28 points in just one year to 23 per cent, while the number of critics has risen to 71 per cent.
This is perhaps unsurprisingly due to Washington’s opposition to Vladimir Putin’s annexation of Crimea earlier this year and its ongoing antagonism in Ukraine, where pro-Moscow rebels have been blamed for shooting down flight MH17, killing 295 people.
Palestinian territories complete the top five, with 66 per cent, but the 30 per cent who do like the U.S. is the highest since the survey started in 2002, according to GlobalPost.
At the other end of the spectrum, however, American still has its fair share of fans.
The Philippines are its strongest backers with 92 per cent and just 6 per cent opposed, followed by Israel (84 per cent), which GlobalPost notes has been sent some $115billion by the U.S. in foreign aid since the Second World War.
In third place is South Korea (82 per cent) then Kenya (80 per cent) and El Salvador (80 per cent).
In Europe, Italy comes out on top, with 78 per cent in favour.
Source: The Daily Mail UK
