How do the Quad countries view Trump’s second term?

How do the Quad countries view Trump’s second term?

From USSC Briefing Room by United States Studies Centre

December 10, 2025 · 36 min · Episode 89

About this episode

The episode discusses the public opinion of Quad countries regarding Trump’s second term and related foreign policy issues.

The United States Studies Centre (USSC) has just released our annual Allies and partners poll . The USSC polled publics in Australia, the United States, Japan and, for the first time this year, India. This means there was polling data to compare public opinion across all four Quad countries. Where do the Quad countries stand on Trump, security and the future of the Indo-Pacific? What are the biggest similarities and differences between the Quad countries on foreign policy? How has Trump 2.0 changed US relationships with these countries? How supportive are the four publics of militarising the Quad or sending forces to Taiwan in the event of an invasion? To discuss these questions, polling authors USSC Senior Research Associates Samuel Garrett and Ava Kalinauskas joined Mari Koeck on the podcast. Subscribe to the USSC Briefing Room on Apple Podcasts , Spotify and YouTube . Produced by: Elliott Brennan Music by Dan Phillipson, licensed through PremiumBeat

People in this episode

Host: Mari Koeck

Guests: Samuel Garrett, Ava Kalinauskas

Topics covered

  • Quad countries
  • Trump
  • public opinion
  • Indo-Pacific
  • foreign policy
  • security
  • militarisation

Keywords

  • Quad
  • Trump
  • polling
  • public opinion
  • Indo-Pacific
  • security
  • militarisation
  • Taiwan

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: United States Studies Centre

Places: Australia, United States, Japan, India

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