Bad American, good American – How Leo is emerging as the other American leader

Bad American, good American – How Leo is emerging as the other American leader Pope Leo XIV pauses on the central balcony of St Peter's Basilica at the Vatican May 8, 2025, following his election during the conclave. He is the first American pope in history. Photo: OSV News/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters

It is hardly a contested statement to suggest that Donald Trump is not a universally-loved President of the United States. Polls carried out in Continental Europe show him to have very low likeability ratings: 77% of the French have an unfavourable view: 79% of the Germans, ditto. In Spain, his unfavourability rate rises to 80%…

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