President Donald Trump's efforts to "make America great again" have actually helped another country become recognized as a global superpower, according to a new survey.
The Guardian reported on Wednesday that a survey conducted by the European Council of Foreign Relations revealed Trump's leadership has made the U.S. more distant from its European allies and helped raise the tide for China. Nearly all of the 21 countries surveyed expected China's influence to grow over the next decade, according to the survey.
"Amid increasingly favourable views of China, the status of the US as an ally has declined across almost all the countries surveyed, with India the only one where a majority still feels the US is an ally, sharing the country’s values and interests," the report reads in part.
The results come at a time of great global instability. The war between Ukraine and Russia has grinded on for more than four years. There are also wars in the Middle East, and Trump recently approved an operation to arrest and deport Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and force him to stand trial for narco-terrorism and weapons charges.
The survey's authors also warned that the results suggest the "old order" is over.
"Political leaders in Europe should no longer ask themselves whether their own citizens grasp the radical nature of the current geopolitical changes. They do,” the authors said in a joint statement, adding that Europeans see the old order is over.