As President Donald Trump prepares to speak by telephone Saturday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the newly installed U.S. leader finds himself more popular in Russia than in the United States.
That unusual situation owes much to the positive coverage Trump has received in Russia’s state-controlled media.
While a recent Gallup poll found that 45 percent of Americans approve of Trump, a record low for an incoming U.S. president, a survey by Russia’s state-run VTsIOM polling agency found that 40 percent of Russians think Trump will either be a good U.S. president or “one of the best” (8 percent), while 31 percent …read more
Source: Voice of America
