Many world leaders see spike in approvals over coronavirus response. Trump is not one of them.

Donald Trump managed to squander the brief grace period he had to capitalize on getting a significant bump in approval ratings if Americans would have rallied around his coronavirus response. The several-point bump he got in the second half of March for striking a serious tone has almost dissipated, leaving him anywhere between about 42% and 45% in most polls and continuing to trend downward.

It’s pretty pathetic compared to the crisis-era approval bumps of previous presidents, such as the 40-point bump George W. Bush got following 9/11. But Trump’s performance is also getting bottom-of-the-barrel marks relative to those of other world leaders confronting the crisis.

MarketWatch highlighted the approval bumps of several of Trump’s peers on the global stage, including those who started out below Trump, even with Trump, and above Trump. Continue reading.