Ukrainians’ trust in some global leaders shifts sharply, with Trump among least trusted

According to a study by Info Sapiens, Ukrainians are showing a decline in trust in global leaders, including US President Donald Trump.

Source: European Pravda

Details: The article analyses an Info Sapiens survey commissioned by the New Europe Centre, conducted between 5 and 26 November 2025. The sample comprised 1,000 respondents, with a theoretical margin of error not exceeding 3.1% at a 0.95 confidence level.

The results show that only 10.6% of respondents believe the United States is doing everything possible to help Ukraine win, while a further 18.2% answered "rather yes".

By contrast, 36.2% of Ukrainians categorically disagree with this statement, and another 29.1% are mostly in disagreement.

The reasons for this shift are attributed to the suspension of US military assistance to Ukraine and the promotion of peace initiatives that more closely resemble a list of Kremlin demands.

As a result, this has affected trust in the American leader: only 24.4% of Ukrainians say they trust Trump.

A year earlier, after Trump had won the election but before taking office, trust in him among Ukrainians stood at 44.6% – significantly higher than among residents of most EU countries.

By November 2025, however, 72.7% of Ukrainians said they did not trust Trump, placing the US president among the lowest-ranked figures in terms of public trust in Ukraine.

The new Polish President Karol Nawrocki also has a low level of trust among Ukrainians, with only 44% saying they trust him.

Trust is similarly low in Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, at 28.5%, and in his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orbán, at just 12.4%.

Meanwhile, the top three figures in terms of distrust among Ukrainians are the leaders of aggressor states: Vladimir Putin at 98%, Alexander Lukashenko at 93.8%, and Viktor Orbán at 83%.

Close behind are China's leader Xi Jinping at 81.1%, Fico at 63.4%, and Nawrocki at 50.9%.

Background:

• Earlier, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the start of a meeting between the Ukrainian, German and US sides in Berlin, which will also continue on Monday 15 December.
• The invitation to the Americans followed a tense phone call between Friedrich Merz, Emmanuel Macron, Keir Starmer and Donald Trump, during which the parties sought to overcome differences over the direction of peace efforts.
• US President's Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said that five-hour talks between the Ukrainian and US delegations on the "peace plan" had produced "significant progress".

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