A majority of Britons view the US as a “serious threat” to security after the election of President Donald Trump, who has referred to himself as a “peacemaker” and aspires to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Seventy-two per cent of people said America posed a “very” or “quite serious” risk to global peace in April. This is double the 36 per cent of people last autumn, before Trump was elected, according to the latest British Social Attitudes survey published on Wednesday.
Only Russia — at 90 per cent — was perceived as a greater threat, putting the US ahead of Israel and Iran, which were both viewed as a security concern by 67 per cent of the British public.