Foreign leaders react as Trump claims victory in 2024 U.S. election

With erstwhile President Donald Trump looking poised to reprise his domiciled arsenic nan commandant successful main of nan world's astir powerful subject and largest system — and pinch him wasting nary clip successful claiming victory successful Tuesday's U.S. statesmanlike election — leaders astir nan world started reacting Wednesday to nan imaginable of a 2nd word successful nan White House for nan businessman-turned politician.

From enthusiasm voiced by Israel's leader arsenic he wages an expanding, multi-front warfare to worry from immoderate of America's closest, generations-old European allies, nan guidance to Trump's predetermination capacity started rolling successful agelong earlier nan last votes were counted successful immoderate of nan cardinal conflict crushed states crossed nan U.S.

Below is simply a look astatine really immoderate overseas leaders and others astir nan world person taken nan news of nan American electorate's evident rebuke of Vice President Kamala Harris and nan Democratic Party astatine nan polls.

Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offered his congratulations to Trump connected Wednesday, calling his predetermination capacity "history's top comeback!"

"Your historical return to nan White House offers a caller opening for America and a powerful recommitment to nan awesome confederation betwixt Israel and America," Netanyahu said. "This is simply a immense victory!"

Despite Trump's disapproval of nan Israeli leader's handling of nan ongoing warfare against Hamas successful nan Gaza Strip, Netanyahu was wide believed to favour nan erstwhile U.S. leader successful nan U.S. election, arsenic hostility betwixt Washington and Tel Aviv has risen sharply complete nan past twelvemonth owed to Israel's strategies successful its multi-front warfare pinch Iranian-backed groups successful nan Middle East.

The warfare successful Gaza, sparked by Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 violent onslaught that saw nan militants termination immoderate 1,200 group and kidnap astir 250 others, has now killed much than 43,000 group successful nan Palestinian territory, according to its Hamas-run wellness ministry. Israel has besides importantly ramped-up its battle connected Hezbollah, Hamas' fellow-Iranian backed friends successful Lebanon. The Israeli violative location has killed much than 3,000 people, according to nan Lebanese wellness ministry.

The Biden management has continued pushing for cease-fires connected some fronts, to nary avail, and demanding that Israel do much to mitigate nan devastating effect of nan wars connected civilians.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog, whose domiciled is mostly symbolic, also congratulated Trump on his "historic return to nan White House."

"You are a existent and beloved friend of Israel, and a champion of bid and practice successful our region," Herzog said. "I look guardant to moving pinch you to fortify nan ironclad enslaved betwixt our peoples, to build a early of bid and information for nan Middle East, and to uphold our shared values. On behalf of nan Jewish and antiauthoritarian State of Israel, and each our people, I wish you overmuch success."

Hungary's Viktor Orbán

One of nan first overseas leaders to connection congratulations to Trump connected Wednesday was 1 of nan very fewer who openly backed him agelong earlier nan last votes were formed successful nan U.S. Hungary's far-right President Viktor Orbán, who's been accused during his decades-long activity of nan eastbound European federation of eroding its antiauthoritarian institutions by giving himself much powerfulness and limiting that of nan country's courts and civilian nine institutions, called Trump's evident occurrence "a overmuch needed triumph for nan World!"

In a connection posted connected societal media, Orbán said Trump had pulled disconnected "the biggest comeback successful US governmental history," and he congratulated him connected his "enormous win."

Orban has made himself an outsider among European Union leaders by endorsing anti-immigrant policies and maintaining adjacent ties pinch President Vladimir Putin amid Russia's ongoing penetration of neighboring Ukraine — each while touting his adjacent ties to Trump.

In a reside complete nan summer, Orbán suggested he had moreover helped to trade Trump's early statecraft, claiming to person "entered nan policy-writing strategy of President Donald Trump's team," pinch "deep engagement there."

European Union leader Ursula von der Leyen

Ursula von der Leyen, nan President of nan European Union bloc's governing body, nan European Commission, congratulated Trump connected Wednesday and iterated her dream successful a little social media post that nan U.S. and EU could "work together connected a beardown transatlantic schedule that keeps delivering" for citizens connected some sides of nan Atlantic Ocean.

"I warmly congratulate Donald J. Trump. The EU and nan US are much than conscionable allies," Von der Leyen said. "We are bound by a existent business betwixt our people, uniting 800 cardinal citizens. So let's activity together connected a beardown transatlantic schedule that keeps delivering for them."

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