Australians distrust both Trump and XI, according to the recording | Today news

Australians are equally distrustful to both US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader XI Jinping, according to a new survey, which complicates Canberra’s task of managing ties with its most important security alien and the largest trading partner. A new survey released by the Lowy Institute Think Tank in Sydney showed that 72% of respondents said they did not trust Trump to act responsibly in global matters, but only the 71% who said they did not trust China’s XI. When asked if Trump or XI would be a better partner for Australia, the two leaders were tied to 45% by piece. The results came when Prime Minister Anthony Albanian attended a group of seven meetings in Canada, where he could hold his first meeting with the US president. Albanian will hope to negotiate an exemption from US steel and aluminum tariffs for Australia, as well as to ensure Trump’s support for Aukus after the announcement in Washington on a review of the security agreement. Albanian’s balancing act with Trump is difficult. Australians’ faith in the US has deteriorated after the president’s return to the White House. Confidence in America as a global player has dropped to just 36%, by far the lowest result in the 20-year history of the Lowy survey. Despite a dislike of Trump, Australians are not ready to move away from the US as the primary security partner of the country. The survey showed a constant support for the US Alliance, with 80% of respondents saying that America is important to Australia’s safety. Meanwhile, attitudes to China have improved slightly, although Beijing is generally considered less reliable as the US in most statistics. © 2025 Bloomberg MP This article was generated from an automatic news agency feed without edits to text.