--- title: Donald Trump Less Popular Than Vladimir Putin in France Poll description: President Donald Trump has fewer fans in France than Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to a new survey canonical: https://time.com/4775498/donald-trump-unpopular-france-vladimir-putin/ author: Jennifer Calfas article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-11T11:34:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-10-08T09:02:00.033Z article:section: Politics og:title: President Trump Is More Unpopular in France Than Vladimir Putin og:description: A large majority of French voters don't have good feelings about Trump og:url: https://time.com/4775498/donald-trump-unpopular-france-vladimir-putin/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34f37c69d17c1830/6988cb10196cf4630203fe3c/rts149ce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3500 og:image:height: 1969 og:image:alt: U.S. President Donald Trump stands in the Oval Office following an interview with Reuters at the White House in Washington og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: President Trump Is More Unpopular in France Than Vladimir Putin twitter:description: A large majority of French voters don't have good feelings about Trump twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34f37c69d17c1830/6988cb10196cf4630203fe3c/rts149ce.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # President Trump Is More Unpopular in France Than Vladimir Putin > Sponsored content. 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Trump’s ties with Russia have become the focus of attention after Michael Flynn’s resignation as National Security Advisor_ by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 11, 2017 11:34 AM UTC Trump’s ties with Russia have become the focus of attention after Michael Flynn’s resignation as National Security Advisor by [Jennifer Calfas](https://time.com/author/jennifer-calfas/) ## Jennifer Calfas May 11, 2017 11:34 AM UTC [President Donald Trump](http://time.com/donald-trump-after-hours) doesn’t have many fans in France. Almost 82% of [French voters](http://time.com/4742090/john-oliver-france-election-donald-trump/) view Trump unfavorably, according to a recent [Suffolk University poll](http://www.suffolk.edu/documents/SUPRC/5%5F4%5F2017%5Fenglish%5Ffinal%5Fmarginals.pdf). That means Trump is more unpopular France than [Russian President Vladimir Putin](http://time.com/4774420/vladimir-putin-james-comey-fired-russia/), who 70% of French voters view unfavorably. Other world leaders also have better reputations among French voters, including Chinese President Xi Jinping (with about 43% viewing him unfavorable), British Prime Minister Theresa May (about 40%) and German Chancellor Angela Merkel (just 22%). [Former President Barack Obama](http://time.com/4772781/barack-obama-italy-politicians-you-deserve/) was the most popular of current and former world leaders measured in the study with just 7% of French voters viewing him unfavorably. The survey was released last week just before France [elected](http://time.com/4769931/emmanuel-macron-wins-french-election/) centrist [Emmanuel Macron](http://time.com/money/4770379/emmanuel-macron-french-president-wealth-net-worth-rich/) — who was the most popular candidate among French voters surveyed, though 51% of them viewed him unfavorably, compared to 68% who viewed his far-right opponent [Marine Le Pen ](http://time.com/4755192/france-le-pen-election-2017/)unfavorably. The Suffolk University survey of 1,094 French voters, conducted between April 28 and May 2 ahead of the French election, had a margin of error of plus or minus three percentage points. ## Transcript [00:00] As far as Putin is concerned, I think Putin has been a [00:02] lot stronger leader for Russia. I mean. he's been a lot [00:04] stronger than our leader, that I can tell you. [ MUSIC ] [00:08] Putin [00:10] says' [00:13] Trump [00:15] is [00:17] great. [00:19] And Trump not. No no Putin. Now I [00:27] don't know Putin. Well, we did do 60 minutes together. [00:30] Now we weren't together but he was on, I was on the [00:32] same night. We got great ratings by the way. [ MUSIC ] [00:41] He's running this country and at least he is a leader. [00:43] You know, unlike what we have in this country .>> But [00:47] again, he kills journalist that don't agree with him. Well, [00:52] I think our country does a plenty of killing also, Joe, so [00:54] you know. I don't think anybody knows it was Russia [00:58] that broke into the DNC. She's saying Russia, Russia, [01:00] Russia. But I don't Maybe it was. I mean, it could be [01:03] Russia, but it could also be China. It could also be lots [01:06] of other people. It also could be somebody sitting on [01:08] their bed that weighs 400 pounds, okay? [01:10] [ CROSSTALK ] No idea whether it's Russia, China, or [01:13] anybody else. I am not quoting myself. She has no [01:15] idea. I am quoting 17 intelligence. Hillary you have no [01:17] idea. Do you doubt? Our country has [01:22] no idea. She doesn't like Putin because Putin has [01:25] outsmarted her At every step of the way. [ MUSIC ] [01:35] As far as hacking, I think it was Russia, but I think we [01:38] also get hacked by other countries and other people. [01:42] Will I get along with him? I have no idea. He's a killer, [01:45] though. It's very possible I won't. Putin's a killer. A lot [01:48] of killers, we got a lot of killers. 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