WEIRD, IT DOESN’T LOOK THAT WAY ON THE NEWS: Poll: Americans Are More Satisfied With Their Country Than They Have Been In A Decade. “Americans are more satisfied with the United States’ place in the world now than they have been in more than a decade, according to a new poll from Gallup — and that number has grown by more than 10% in the past year alone. According to the respected polling company, 45% of Americans ‘are satisfied with the position of the United States in the world,’ up 13 points from January of 2017 and, coincidentally, a 13-year high.”