What Germans Fear Most (Source thetrumpet.com)

For 28 years Germany’s largest insurance firm, has sponsored a survey to learn what Germans fear most. In an increasingly complex world, the answers varied greatly this year. But one fear stands out predominantly. Some may call this fear irrational, but it certainly has geopolitical consequences.

“Despite the covid-19 pandemic,” Deutsche Welle noted September 16, “[United States President Donald] Trump tops the list of things Germans fear the most, a new survey found.”

Many Western countries distrust Trump. “A few weeks before the American presidential election, the U.S.’s reputation in a number of Western nations has fallen to its worst level in around two decades,” Die Welt noted. “The citizens of these countries give President Donald Trump and his management a miserable testimony to the coronavirus crisis. Germany turns out to be particularly critical”. Only 9 percent of Germans praised the Trump administration’s coronavirus crisis management. Conversely, 88 percent of Germans view their own government’s response to the virus positively.

Die Welt reported that in 13 surveyed countries, President Trump is, on average, less popular than Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Nine percent of Belgians expressed confidence in Trump in general, followed by 10 percent of Danes and Germans and 11 percent of French. Hostility toward America is growing around the world.