Read the passage from a soviet ambassador.

the foreign policy of the united states . . is characterized in the postwar period by a striving for world supremacy. this is the real meaning of the many statements by president truman and other representatives of american ruling circles; that the united states has the right to lead the world.

—nikolai novikov,
ambassador of the ussr,
september 1946

which of the following words best characterizes the ambassador’s perspective of american foreign policy?

support
acceptance
distrust
indifference