Popularity rating of Donald Trump in Britain 2020-2025
As of the second quarter of 2025, 16 percent of people in Great Britain indicated that they liked the current U.S. President Donald Trump, compared with 34 percent in the previous quarter. In this provided time period, Donald Trump was viewed most positively in the two most recent quarters. By contrast, Trump was the least popular in the first quarters of 2021 and 2022, when just 14 percent of people said they liked him.
Trump returns to power in 2025
Despite indications of a close contest between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, Donald Trump won the 2024 Presidential Election quite comfortably, winning 312 electoral votes to Harris' 226. Like in the previous U.S. election in 2020, a rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden looked certain until Biden announced his decision to step down in favor of his Vice President Kamala Harris in July 2024. Earlier in the year, Donald Trump, saw off his rivals in the Republican primaries of 2024, with previous favorite Ron DeSantis dropping out after finishing second in Iowa.
Trump invited for second state visit
On February 27, 2025, the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer invited Donald Trump to a state visit to the UK for the second time, with this first state visit taking place in 2019. Before the 2019 visit, 46 percent of people in Britain supported it, compared with 40 percent who wanted the visit cancelled. As of March 2025, the share of people who supported a second state visit stood at 43 percent, with 42 percent opposing it. Although relations between Starmer and Trump have remained positive, an MP from the Scottish National Party called for the visit to be cancelled due to the ongoing fallout between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
