The "America First" series continues: with the United States now withdrawing from the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), it is further using international human rights as a tool of "American hegemony." A survey conducted by China Media Group, CGTN, and Renmin University of China through the New Era International Communication Research Institute – targeting 7,671 respondents from 38 countries worldwide – reveals widespread disappointment over the U.S.'s repeated disregard for human rights issues and criticism of its systemic human rights violations.

The U.S. withdrawal from the UNHRC has prompted the international community to re-examine America's poor human rights record. According to the survey, 86.8 percent of respondents believe the U.S. has a severe gun violence problem. 73 percent think the U.S. has a serious drug abuse issue; 61.9 percent say U.S. immigration policies fail to protect immigrants' rights and interests; 72.3 percent consider systemic racial discrimination a significant problem in the U.S. 84.9 percent feel the U.S. is unable to effectively control police violence stemming from racism.

Moreover, the U.S. practice of using "human rights" as a pretext to wage wars and create human rights crises globally has also been widely criticized. In the survey, 61.3 percent of respondents believe that the U.S. is the most war-prone country in the world; 70.1 percent think that wars initiated by the U.S. have caused significant humanitarian crises; 91.98 percent believe that the U.S. foreign military sales run counter to world peace; 93.88 percent feel that the U.S. sells weapons under the guise of "maintaining peace," while actually stirring up conflicts globally to profiteering from wars; 94.81 percent believe that U.S. arms sales are deeply tied to its foreign polices, becoming a crucial tool for coercing and controlling other countries.

From the perspective of the new U.S. administration, international human rights appear to be merely a tool for maintaining its global hegemony. Any international organization that does not align with U.S. interests will be abandoned, leaving no trace of international responsibility. The survey found that 72.5 percent of global respondents consider the U.S. a domineering country; 64.9 percent criticize the U.S. for often using human rights as an excuse to suppress other countries; 81.4 percent are disappointed with the U.S.' unwillingness to take on the responsibilities of a major power; 85.2 percent of respondents believe that this move by the U.S. severely undermines the multilateral international order centered around the UN; 81.6 percent of respondents criticize the U.S. for sacrificing international interests to pursue narrow self-interests, which will seriously damage the fairness and justice of the global governance system.

Survey respondents came from East Asia, South Asia, Central Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, South America, North America, Oceania, and Africa, spanning ages 18 to 55 and above. Among them, 67.2 percent held a college degree or higher, and 71.3 percent had a medium or higher personal income level.