Lebanon–United States relations are bilateral relations between the Lebanese Republic and the United States of America. According to polling by the Pew Research Center, from 2002 to 2017, on average 44% of Lebanese people expressed a positive opinion of the United States (lowest in 2003 at 27%, highest in 2009 at 55%) while on average 55% expressed a negative opinion (highest in 2003 at 71%, lowest in 2009 at 45%). Views of the United States are heavily slanted by religion in Lebanon, with Lebanese Christians being pro-American and Lebanese Muslims being anti-American. In 2005 (a year where 42% of Lebanese as a whole approved of the U.S.), "only 22% of Muslims had a favorable opinion of the U.S.— a level consistent with anti-American sentiments found throughout much of the Muslim world. Ho