Gallup Poll: The world still thinks US leadership is strong

The world says the U.S. is doing pretty well when it comes to its leadership. For now.

According to a Gallup poll released Friday, the 132 countries surveyed landed on a 45 percent median approval rating of U.S. leadership. That's the same as it was the year before.

The U.S.' global image has been fairly strong since President Barack Obama first took office in 2009.

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When he was first elected, a whopping 49 percent of those surveyed worldwide approved of American leadership.

But that all could change if Donald Trump is elected president.

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New research from Brand Finance says a Trump presidency would threaten the U.S.' global image because of his views on foreign policy.

"I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall," Donald Trump said during his announcement speech.

Brand Finance wrote in a statement that Donald Trump's "xenophobic stance and protectionist rhetoric threatens to antagonize businesses, prospective foreign workers, students and governments."

According to the Gallup poll, the U.S.'s leadership approval rating only narrowly beat Germany's 43 percent. Leadership in Russia scored the lowest approval rating of the top five global powers at 24 percent.