THE WORLD GOT ASKED WHO SHOULD RUN IT AND PICKED CANADA

The Rockefeller Foundation and Focaldata polled 35,399 adults across 34 countries from July 21 to August 5 and asked who people would be comfortable seeing take a leading role in world affairs. The United States got 39%. China got 37%. Russia got 26%. Canada won the whole thing at 60%, with Japan at 58%, Australia and the EU at 55% and Britain at 54%. The United Nations landed at 52% on that same question, thirteen points clear of the United States. The bureaucrats had a year. On the separate question of which establishments do you trust, the WHO climbed to 69% from 61%, the UN to 62% from 58%, the WTO to 57% from 50%, the World Bank to 55% from 46% and the IMF to 51% from 43%. The IMF got a failing grade last year and now passes, which is a hell of a comeback for the people who show up to restructure your currency. The threat numbers are uglier. Excluding their own country, 42% called Russia a major threat, 34% said the US and 30% said China. America was named the top threat in 15 countries, peaking at 73% in Indonesia, 59% in Brazil, 58% in Mexico and 57% in Turkey. Rockefeller VP Eric Pelofsky said people solving global problems no longer ask what Americans think, and called that "a gut punch." Also, 61% back countries cooperating without either superpower in the room.

Why you should give a shit: When 34 countries say they'd rather be led by Canada and an organization best known for parking violations, American influence isn't slipping, it's being routed around, and that reroute shows up in every trade deal and alliance nobody bothers to run past Washington.