In November 2017, just shy of one year in office, President Donald Trump’s approval ratings hit an all-time historic low. If 59% of the American public disapproves of his administration, imagine what other politicians say about Trump. The president is certainly not one to hold back his opinions on anything, and it looks like several political leaders around the world have become an open book regarding Number 45 as well.
Read politician quotes about Donald Trump, and you’ll see he’s been called an idiot, labeled unchristian, and has even been compared to Hitler and Mussolini. In fact, it’s difficult to find a single world leader who has come out in favor of President Trump. His international policies on everything from the Muslim ban to the Wall to the Paris Agreement have made him one of the most unpopular presidents in the history of the United States.
One thing is clear: many of the United States’s historic allies do not trust the president or think he’s doing a good job. These world leaders on Donald Trump have been incredibly frank in their opinions. Sorry, Mr. President – this is not fake news.
Elizabeth II Compared Trump To A Noisy Helicopter
While it wasn’t exactly the best zinger, the longstanding British royal finally took a shot at Trump in April 2018. Queen Elizabeth II was filming a scene in the Buckingham Palace gardens for a documentary.
When the noise of hovering helicopters became bothersome, the Queen quipped, “Why do they go round and round when you want to talk? Sounds like President Trump.” However, she decided to be a bit more bipartisan by adding, “Or President Obama.”
George W. Bush Thinks Trump Makes Even His Administration Look Good
George W. Bush received a fair amount of flak during his presidency, but his legacy is currently being overshadowed by the Trump administration. And the former president couldn’t be happier about the fact. According to a source, Bush frequently makes jokes about Trump in private. The former president often comments, in regards to the Trump White House, “Sorta makes me look pretty good, doesn’t it?”
Bush’s father – George H.W. Bush – soundly criticized Trump in a book he published, openly saying, “I don’t like him” and referring to Trump as a “blowhard.” Apparently, father and son have quite a bit in common when it comes to their opinions on the Commander in Chief.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un Called Trump A Dotard
Trump took to mocking North Korean leader Kim Jon-un during a speech at the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017. The president followed that up by saying he would “totally destroy” North Korea.
Jong-un verbally hit back by calling Trump a “mentally deranged US dotard.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin Doesn’t Trust Trump
Russian President Vladimir Putin has gone on the record in response to the many allegations that his country colluded with Trump in order to rig the US election. He of course denies all claims.
Regardless of what happened, it’s obvious that the alleged Putin-Trump bromance has taken a step backwards in the Russian leader’s eyes, as he explained in April 2017:
One could say that the level of trust on a working level, especially on the military level, has not improved, but rather has deteriorated.
Pope Francis Says Trump Is Not Christian
Even Pope Francis has been outspoken regarding his feelings towards Trump. In February 2016, he spoke out against the president’s proposal to build a wall between the United States and Mexico: A person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not Christian. This is not the gospel.
British MP Gavin Newlands Called Trump An Idiot
Perhaps no one made his feelings more clear regarding Trump than Gavin Newlands, a British MP with the Scottish National Party. Newlands criticized him during a debate in Parliament in January 2016:
Let’s be clear: Donald Trump is an idiot. I’ve tried to find different, perhaps more parliamentary adjectives to describe him, but none was clear enough. He is an idiot.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe Is Embarrassed By Trump
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe spoke at the United Nations in September 2017, and he used the opportunity to give a response to Trump’s threat to “totally destroy” North Korea:
Some of us were embarrassed if not frightened by what appeared to be the return of the biblical giant gold Goliath. Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst who threatens the extinction of other countries?
Former Mexican President Felipe Calderon Thinks Trump Is Completely Crazy
In February 2016, former Mexican President Felipe Calderon responded to Trump’s grand plan of building a wall between the United States and Mexico wall by calling him a “not very well-informed man”:
Mexican people, we are not going to pay any single cent for such a stupid wall! And it’s going to be completely useless. The first loser of such a policy would be the United States. If this guy pretends that closing the borders to anywhere either for trade [or] for people is going to provide prosperity to the United States, he is completely crazy.
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo Thinks He’s Dumb
The mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo, definitely did not hold back her opinion on Trump when he was still a presidential candidate. When asked about Trump’s proposed Muslim ban in May 2016, Hidalgo said, “Mr. Trump is so stupid, my God.”
Former Prime Minister David Cameron Called Trump Divisive
The one ally that the United States can usually rely upon is Great Britain. It’s nearly unheard of for a prime minister to make derogatory comments about a US presidential candidate. However, that’s exactly what David Cameron did in December 2015 when asked about Trump’s campaign promise to enact a total ban on Muslims entering the United States.
Cameron said that he completely disagrees with Trump, and believes his comments regarding the Muslim ban to be “divisive, unhelpful and quite simply wrong.”
Mexican Presdient Enrique Peña Nieto Compared Trump To Hitler And Mussolini
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto compared Trump’s pomposity to the kind of language used by Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini. In March 2016, after Trump suggested the US build a wall to keep Mexican immigrants out of the country, the leader did not hold back his opinions on the then-presidential candidate:
That’s the way Mussolini arrived and the way Hitler arrived. It appears to me that [Trump’s comments] hurt the relationship we have sought with the United States.
Former Danish Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen Says Trump Changes Opinions “Like Underwear”
In March 2016, Denmark’s former Foreign Minister Kristian Jensen made it clear that, should Trump become president, it would impact the relationship between the two countries:
Trump is completely unpredictable. It would be much, much more difficult to work with the US because you’d never know what he will believe tomorrow. He changes opinions like the rest of us change underwear.
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz Says That Trump Does Not Embody The Spirit of America
San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz criticized Trump’s federal hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico following the devastating destruction of Hurricane Maria in October 2017. She lambasted the president for his “lack of sensibility,” and was especially critical of the way Trump threw paper towels out to the crowd during a visit:
His terrible and abominable view of him throwing paper towels and throwing provisions at people, it’s really – it does not embody the spirit of the American nation.
Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi Thinks Trump Thrives On Fear
Former Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi criticized Trump in April 2016. “I consider Donald Trump a man who invests a lot in a policy of fear,” he said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thinks Trump Is An Excellent Businessman
Following Trump’s inauguration in February 2017, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe paid a visit to the new president in the White House. He congratulated Trump and even spoke positively of his business prowess:
Donald… you are excellent businessman, but you have never been in the Congress or been a governor. You have not experienced being in the public office. But you have fought the uphill struggle and fight for more than a year in the election campaign to become a new president. And this is the dynamism of democracy.
Argentinian President Mauricio Macri Didn’t Think Trump Was A Good Candidate
Both Donald Trump and Argentinian President Mauricio Macri were heirs to enormous real estate fortunes. Despite that, though, Macri didn’t seem entirely enthusiastic when he learned of Trump’s bid for the American presidency. In fact, during the campaign Macri openly decried the outspoken candidate.
According to BBC, the Argentinian president said Trump was a “totally crackpot presidential candidate.” He wanted everyone to “facilitate the election of Hillary [Clinton].”