[368] According to a CBS News/New York Times poll conducted January 11–15, 2009, Bush's final approval rating in office was 22 percent, the lowest in American history.[365]

Foreign perceptions
Countries with a U.S. military presence in 2007
Bush was criticized internationally and targeted by the global anti-war and anti-globalization movements for his administration's foreign policy.[369][370] Views of him within the international community – even in France, a close ally of the United States – were more negative than those of most previous American presidents.[371]
Bush was described as having especially close personal relationships with Tony Blair of the United Kingdom and Vicente Fox of Mexico, although formal relations were sometimes strained.[372][373][374] Other leaders, such as Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan,[375] Yoweri Museveni of Uganda,[376] José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero of Spain,[377] and Hugo Chávez of Venezuela,[378] openly criticized the president. Later in Bush's presidency, tensions arose between him and Vladimir Putin, which led to a cooling of their relationship.[379]
In 2006, most respondents in 18 of 21 countries surveyed around the world were found to hold an unfavorable opinion of Bush. Respondents indicated that they judged his administration as negative for world security.