WASHINGTON (AP) – Americans feel U.S. relations with traditionally hostile nations such as North Korea and Russia have a better chance of improving in the year ahead than they do with allies like Britain and Canada.
That’s according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
At 46 percent, nearly half of Americans expect relationships with the country’s traditional allies to get worse, while just 20 percent expect them to get better. At the same time, more expect relationships with traditionally hostile nations to get better than to get worse, 40 percent to 26 percent.
In general, Americans are more pessimistic than optimistic about the U.S. standing in the world – nearly half expect that to get worse in the year to come.
