Newsman: Congratulations for Donald Trump’s victory began to pour in from across the globe early Wednesday.
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, who had openly pushed for a Trump win, wrote on X before the race was called that Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris represented “The biggest comeback in US political history!”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu celebrated Trump, writing, “Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted on X: “We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership. We rely on continued strong bipartisan support for Ukraine in the United States.”
Ukraine faces an uncertain future, as Trump pledged in his victory speech to “stop wars,” and after Republican lawmakers blocked aid to Ukraine for months.
Predictably, Trump’s win was praised by right-wing leaders like Argentina’s Javier Milei, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and El Salvador’s Nayib Bukele. But even center-left and left-wing leaders, like Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, offered congratulations.
“Democracy is the voice of the people and must always be respected,” the Brazilian leader wrote on X.
In Europe, leaders hinted at concern over a second Trump administration. French President Emmanuel Macron said in an English language post that he was “ready to work together” with Trump. Separately, Macron wrote in French that he had also spoken to his German counterpart, Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and that, “We will work towards a more united, stronger, more sovereign Europe in this new context.”
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated Donald Trump on his return to the White House, leaning heavily on ties between Canada and the United States.
“The friendship between Canada and the U.S. is the envy of the world,” Trudeau shared on X Wednesday. “I know President Trump and I will work together to create more opportunity, prosperity, and security for both of our nations.”
Indian Prime Minister Norendra Modi also congratulated Donald Trump for his second term winning. Prime minister Modi tweeted “ congratulation my friend on your historic election victory. As you build on the successes of your previous term, I look forward to renewing our collaboration further strengthen India –US comprehensive global and strategic partnership. Together let work for the betterment of our people and to promote global peace , stability and prosperity.
The Chinese foreign ministry said, “we respect the choice of the American people” and that Beijing “will continue to view and handle our bilateral relations under the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and win-win cooperation.”
The Kremlin’s spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters, was not planning any phone calls to Washington.
“We’re talking about an unfriendly country that is directly and indirectly involved in a war against our state,” Peskov said, referring to United States support for Ukraine’s resistance to Russia’s invasion.
Relations between Russia and the U.S., he said, were already at “an unprecedented historic low.” They could hardly get any worse.
“Trump’s previous term ended with a record amount of anti-Russian sanctions, and practically zero dialogue,” Leonid Slutsky, head of the foreign affairs committee in Russia’s lower house of parliament, told the state news agency TASS on Wednesday. He added “And through no fault of ours.”
The Kremlin has been signaling to Trump that in order to get along, it’ll take more than just fuzzy promises and boisterous claims. Trump’s words “must be followed by actions, concrete actions,“ Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova summarized on a Wednesday morning broadcast of the state television channel Rossiya-24.
