Gallup has tracked this question annually since 2000 as part of its World Affairs poll. The percentage of Americans satisfied with the nation’s global position was consistently above 40% in the early years of the trend, including 65% in 2000 and a high of 71% in early 2002, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Since then, this perception has mostly varied between 32% and 40%, except for a brief period above that during Donald Trump’s presidency.