President Donald Trump’s term in office significantly affected the way the United States is seen by other nations in the international setting. This book presents 18 case studies of the effect of Trump policies and behavior on the U.S. standing abroad, and examines the long-term consequences of these effects.

Donald Trump and the Trump administration radically altered a number of international policies and behaviors of the United States, and changed the position of the United States on many international agreements, including environmental agreements, trade agreements, military agreements, and human rights agreements. This book studies of the effect of those actions, and Trump’s style of behavior, on the standing of the United States in the global community. In eighteen individual case studies the authors examine traditional relationships between their countries and the United States prior to the Trump election, including areas of tension and traditional areas of agreement and cooperation. They address expectations about what the outcome of the 2016 American election would be, and the immediate reaction to the election’s outcome. They explore how responses to American policies varied in their country, and whether any American initiatives were especially controversial. And they explore how the relations between their nation and the United States changed over the Trump years.

The authors reflect on whether anything was permanently lost or gained by the end of the Trump years, and speculate on the lasting consequences of Trump foreign policies and international behavior for America’s standing overseas.

Introduction. The Effect of Donald Trump on Foreign Perceptions of the United States by Gregory Mahler

Chapter 1. Trump and Canada: The 45th President as seen from North of the 49th Parallel by Graham G. Dodds

Chapter 2. Mexico: Binational Caciquismo by Patricia Olney

Chapter 3. Brazil: From Autonomy to the Apprentice by Karina L. Pasquariello Mariano and Roberto Goulart Menezes

Chapter 4. Venezuela: Parallax Vision by Daniel C. Hellinger

Chapter 5. Plus ça change? France and America during the Trump Interlude by David G. Haglund

Chapter 6. Far from ‘The Highest Level of Special’: Anglo-American Relations Under Donald Trump by Philip A. Berry, Alan P. Dobson, and Steve Marsh

Chapter 7. How the Russians See the U.S.: The Trump Administration and Beyond and Charles E. Ziegler

Chapter 8. The U.S. Policy Toward China from Trump to Biden by Xuezhi Guo

Chapter 9. A Faithful Ally No Matter What: Japan’s “Embracing Trump” Diplomacy by Kimiko Osawa

Chapter 10. As India Sees America: From Trump to Biden by Sitakanta Mishra

Chapter 11. How South Korea Sees the United States: Before and After Trump by Eunjung Lim

Chapter 12. Australia and Trump: Testing the Alliance, Responding to Trumpism by Derek McDougall

Chapter 13. U.S.- Israel Relations During the Trump Administration by Mitchell G. Bard

Chapter 14. Palestine: Target of a Superpower’s Rage by Sam Bahour

Chapter 15. A Strategic Relationship in Search of “Recalibration”: The Nature of the Saudi Arabia-United States Partnership in Times of Change by Abdullah K. Al-Saud and Hesham Alghannam

Chapter 16. U.S. – Iran Relations in the Trump Era: From Détente Back to Hostility by Pedram Maghsoud-Nia

Chapter 17. Hegemonic Shortcomings: The U.S. – Turkey Relationship by Ekavi Athanassopoulou

Chapter 18. From Benign Neglect to Aggressive Disdain: US-African Relations Under Trump by Kevin C. Dunn