Trump has shown a frightening affinity for some tyrants. He has bragged about how he is friends with them and how that is good for this country -- especially Vladimir Putin of Russia, Mohammed Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, Kim Jong-Un of North Korea, and Recep Erdogan of Turkey. I think he admires how they can do whatever they want without having to worry about a legislature, courts, or voters.
But Americans are not as appreciative of those bloody tyrants as Trump seems to be. This new poll shows the U.S. public has an overwhelming unfavorable opinion of all four of them -- Putin by 51 points, Bin Salman by 43 points, Kim Jong-Un by 70 points, and Erdogan by29 points.
The chart shows the results of a new Economist / YouGov Poll -- done between December 23rd and 25th of a national sample of 1,500 adults, with a 3.1 point margin of error.
