In 2025, 68% of Australians said they were pessimistic about the next four years with Donald Trump as US president.

When it comes to the second presidency of Donald Trump, few Australians are upbeat. Approximately two-thirds (68%) say they are pessimistic about the next four years with Trump as US president, while three in ten (30%) say they are optimistic.

This contrasts sharply with American responses to the same question in a CBS survey in the United States, fielded just before President Trump’s inauguration. Then, 60% of Americans said they were optimistic about the next four years with Trump as president, compared to 40% who were pessimistic. Subsequently, a range of other polls in the United States have shown growing disapproval of President Trump’s performance and of many of his policies over his first 100 days in office.