Global leaders congratulate Trump, but his victory looks set to roil the world — again

LONDON (AP) — The verdict of U.S. voters was much decisive than astir pundits and analysts had predicted. Now nan world waits to spot whether nan predetermination of Donald Trump arsenic president is arsenic destabilizing galore American friends fear.

Trump secured triumph Wednesday aft surpassing nan 270 electoral assemblage votes needed to win. In a triumph reside earlier nan charismatic declaration, he vowed to “put our state first” and bring astir a “golden age” for America.

Trump’s first word saw him reproach and alienate longstanding American allies. His return to nan White House, 4 years aft losing agency to President Joe Biden, has immense consequences for everything from world waste and acquisition to ambiance alteration to aggregate crises and conflicts astir nan world.

Trump has pledged to ramp up a tariff feud pinch China, nan United States’ increasing economical and strategical rival. In nan Middle East, Trump has pledged, without saying how, to extremity nan conflicts betwixt Israel, Hamas and Hezbollah. He has besides vowed to extremity nan Russia-Ukraine war wrong 24 hours of taking agency – thing Ukraine and its supporters fearfulness would beryllium connected position favorable to Moscow.

Here’s really leaders and others astir nan world are reacting:

ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU: “Congratulations connected 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. This is simply a immense victory!”

Netanyahu and Trump had a tight narration during nan erstwhile president’s first term, but nan ties soured erstwhile Netanyahu congratulated President Joe Biden for winning successful 2020. During his first term, Trump pushed to remake nan Middle East by reconciling Israel and Saudi Arabia, and each eyes now are connected really he intervenes to nan region’s existent conflicts.

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UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY: “I admit President Trump’s committedness to nan ‘peace done strength’ attack successful world affairs. This is precisely nan rule that tin practically bring conscionable bid successful Ukraine closer. I americium hopeful that we will put it into action together. We look guardant to an era of a beardown United States of America nether President Trump’s decisive leadership.”

The early of U.S. support for Ukraine’s conflict against Russian penetration is 1 of nan biggest unknowns astir Trump’s overseas policy.

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HUNGARIAN PRIME MINISTER VIKTOR ORBAN: “They threatened him pinch prison, they took his property, they wanted to termination him ... and he still won”

Hungary’s nationalist leader, 1 of Trump’s astir ardent overseas supporters, welcomed a consequence he said would person a transformative effect connected nan world and bring an extremity to nan warfare successful Ukraine. “We person galore plans that we tin execute successful nan coming twelvemonth pinch President Donald Trump,” said Orbán, who connected Thursday will clasp a acme successful Budapest for immoderate 50 different European leaders – galore of whom consciousness overmuch much apprehensive astir nan effect of a 2nd Trump presidency connected Europe’s system and security.

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NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL MARK RUTTE: “We look a increasing number of challenges globally, from a much fierce Russia, to terrorism, to strategical title pinch China, arsenic good nan expanding alignment of China, Russia, North Korea and Iran. Working together done NATO helps to deter aggression, protect our corporate security, and support our economies.”

Trump was a strong professional of nan Atlantic subject alliance during his first term, accusing its different members of failing to propulsion their weight. Rutte praised Trump for his activity persuading personnel states to ramp up defense spending, saying NATO was now “stronger, larger, and much united.”

Military expert Phillips O’Brien, professor of strategical studies astatine nan University of St Andrews, said it’s not conscionable NATO. The United States’ different friends successful nan Indo-Pacific, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan and moreover Australia, “can nary longer look for nan U.S.A. to beryllium a reliable partner successful defense,” he said.

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT URSULA VON DER LEYEN

“I warmly congratulate Donald J. Trump. The EU and nan U.S. are much than conscionable allies. We are bound by a existent business betwixt our people, uniting 800 cardinal citizens. Let america activity together connected a transatlantic business that continues to present for our citizens.”

European leaders are keen to accent that nan trans-Atlantic narration transcends individual politicians, but Trump’s protectionist economical leanings are causing concern. During his past word he slapped tariffs connected European alloy and aluminum, roiling nan bloc’s economy.

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BRITISH PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER: “Congratulations President-elect Trump connected your historical predetermination victory. I look guardant to moving pinch you successful nan years ahead. As nan closest of allies, we guidelines enarthrosis to enarthrosis successful defense of our shared values of freedom, populist and enterprise.”

Like governments of U.S. friends astir nan world, Starmer’s center-left administration has worked difficult to forge ties pinch Trump and his team. Starmer had meal pinch Trump astatine Trump Tower successful September, where, U.K. officials say, they recovered communal crushed complete Starmer’s beardown law-and-order arsenic a erstwhile main prosecutor, and nan lefty size of his parliamentary majority.

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FRENCH PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON: “Congratulations, President (at)realDonaldTrump. Ready to activity together arsenic we did for 4 years. With your convictions and mine. With respect and ambition. For much bid and prosperity.”

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GERMAN CHANCELLOR OLAF SCHOLZ: “I congratulate Donald Trump connected his predetermination arsenic U.S. President. For a agelong time, Germany and nan US person been moving together successfully promoting prosperity and state connected some sides of nan Atlantic. We will proceed to do truthful for nan wellbeing of our citizens.”

Amid nan congratulations. France and Germany arranged a last-minute gathering of their defense ministers connected Wednesday to talk nan results of nan U.S. elections and its implications for Ukraine and European defense.

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ITALIAN PREMIER GIORGIA MELONI: “Italy and nan United States are sister nations, linked by an unshakeable alliance, communal values and a historical friendship. It is simply a strategical bond, which I americium judge we will now fortify moreover more.”

More a earthy state of Trump than galore European leaders, Meloni successful 2022 became nan caput of Italy’s first far-right-led authorities since World War II. She has forged alliances pinch different right-wing leaders successful Europe and has made a people cracking down connected migration.

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DA WEI, head of nan Center for International Security and Strategy astatine Tsinghua University successful Beijing: “It is not each dark, but location are much challenges than opportunities. We are clear astir nan challenges. As for opportunities, we are yet to spot them clearly.”

There was nary contiguous guidance from nan Chinese authorities to Trump’s victory, but analysts were pessimistic, citing nan likelihood of escalating tariffs and an intensifying confrontation complete Taiwan.

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INDIAN PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA MODI: “Heartiest congratulations my friend (at)realDonaldTrump connected your historical predetermination victory. ... Together, let’s activity for nan betterment of our group and to beforehand world peace, stableness and prosperity.”

While U.S.-India ties grew nether erstwhile Biden, nan blimpish Hindu nationalist leader Modi was besides adjacent to Trump, who received an adulatory reception erstwhile he visited India successful 2020 arsenic much than 100,000 group packed into a cricket stadium to spot him

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KREMLIN SPOKESMAN DMITRY PESKOV: “Let’s not hide that we are talking astir nan unfriendly state that is some straight and indirectly progressive successful a warfare against our state.”

No congratulations were forthcoming from Moscow, wherever President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Peskov, declared that Russia-U.S. relations were astatine nan “lowest constituent successful history.”

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Associated Press writers astir nan world contributed to this story.