Brad Reed, Common Dreams
June 11, 2026
A woman of the Otomi Indigenous community holds a rubber head depicting U.S. President Donald Trump during anti-World Cup protests calling for social justice in Mexico City, Mexico, June 6, 2026. REUTERS/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
As soccer fans from across the world travel to the United States this month to cheer on their countries’ teams at the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a poll released Wednesday by Data for Progress suggests Americans don’t believe many visitors have warm feelings toward the host country after a year-and-a-half of President Donald Trump’s leadership.
Overall the poll found that 62% of American voters think the country’s reputation has deteriorated under Trump, with just 32% saying it’s gotten better.
Republicans were the only political faction to believe Trump has improved global views of the US, while Independents and Democrats overwhelmingly said the president has made them worse.
The poll also found 52% of US voters believed Trump’s mass deportation policies have hurt the country’s image in the world, with just 34% saying the deportations have helped.
Trump’s immigration policies collided with the World Cup earlier this week when Somali referee Omar Artan, who was selected by the International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) to work at the celebrated event, was barred from entering the US despite having a valid visa.
A Trump administration official claimed Artan had an “association with suspected members of terror organizations,” but provided no evidence for the allegation. US Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) called his treatment by the US “a disgrace.”
Polling data published last year by Pew suggests that Democrats and Independents are more accurately measuring global public sentiment of the US under Trump’s leadership than Republicans.
Specifically, Pew found that net positive perceptions of the US dropped by 10 percentage points or more among residents in a dozen countries between 2024 and 2025, including in key allies such as Canada, Mexico, Germany, and France.
What’s more, Pew found only five countries where the United States’ reputation has improved since Trump’s election: South Africa, India, Israel, Nigeria, and Turkey.
Trump during his second term has taken a number of actions that have sparked anger from foreign governments, including making repeated threats to seize Greenland as a US territory, invading Venezuela and abducting its president, imposing an oil blockade on and threatening to take over Cuba, launching a global trade war, and waging an illegal war of choice on Iran.
Far-right news sites see traffic crash as Trump support collapses: report
Tom Boggioni
June 11, 2026
Tom Boggioni
June 11, 2026
RAW STORY
Daily Wire Co-Founder & The Ben Shapiro Show Host Ben Shapiro takes part in the panel 'Future of news: How creators and influencers are reshaping journalism', at the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, New York, U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
As President Donald Trump's approval ratings hit record lows, far-right media outlets are experiencing a parallel collapse, with major conservative websites posting devastating traffic declines in May.
According to media watchdog Status, The Righting—which monitors website traffic—reported catastrophic numbers across the conservative media landscape. The top 20 right-wing news websites all posted year-over-year declines in May visits, with 90 percent experiencing double-digit drops.
The carnage was severe.
Among the biggest casualties were The Federalist (down 52 percent), Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire (down 47 percent), and The Blaze (down 46 percent). Only two sites managed single-digit declines: the Epoch Times (down 2 percent) and Truth Social (down 9 percent).
The decline wasn't limited to conservative outlets, however. Mainstream news organizations also experienced traffic losses, though notably not as steep as outlets like The Federalist and Daily Wire.
Howard Polskin of The Righting described the trend as accelerating.
"The trend in 2026 has definitely been downward, but it feels like the descent is accelerating despite major events like the war with Iran which should have attracted visits. May's numbers represent the first time this year that every site I track has shown negative year-over-year growth," he wrote.
News of the traffic collapse comes weeks after the Daily Wire announced layoffs.
According to Nashville Scene, "Once seen as a Digital Age successor to Fox News, The Daily Wire — which relocated from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2020 as it neared a market peak — has suffered layoffs and a failed attempt to build a right-wing Hollywood over the past 12 months. Its audience has been in free fall across platforms while competing against independent personalities like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and former DW principal Candace Owens.“
Daily Wire Co-Founder & The Ben Shapiro Show Host Ben Shapiro takes part in the panel 'Future of news: How creators and influencers are reshaping journalism', at the Reuters NEXT conference, in New York City, New York, U.S., December 3, 2025. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
As President Donald Trump's approval ratings hit record lows, far-right media outlets are experiencing a parallel collapse, with major conservative websites posting devastating traffic declines in May.
According to media watchdog Status, The Righting—which monitors website traffic—reported catastrophic numbers across the conservative media landscape. The top 20 right-wing news websites all posted year-over-year declines in May visits, with 90 percent experiencing double-digit drops.
The carnage was severe.
Among the biggest casualties were The Federalist (down 52 percent), Ben Shapiro's Daily Wire (down 47 percent), and The Blaze (down 46 percent). Only two sites managed single-digit declines: the Epoch Times (down 2 percent) and Truth Social (down 9 percent).
The decline wasn't limited to conservative outlets, however. Mainstream news organizations also experienced traffic losses, though notably not as steep as outlets like The Federalist and Daily Wire.
Howard Polskin of The Righting described the trend as accelerating.
"The trend in 2026 has definitely been downward, but it feels like the descent is accelerating despite major events like the war with Iran which should have attracted visits. May's numbers represent the first time this year that every site I track has shown negative year-over-year growth," he wrote.
News of the traffic collapse comes weeks after the Daily Wire announced layoffs.
According to Nashville Scene, "Once seen as a Digital Age successor to Fox News, The Daily Wire — which relocated from Los Angeles to Nashville in 2020 as it neared a market peak — has suffered layoffs and a failed attempt to build a right-wing Hollywood over the past 12 months. Its audience has been in free fall across platforms while competing against independent personalities like Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes and former DW principal Candace Owens.“
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