Donald Trump has been congratulated by top world leaders as he appears to be on the verge of becoming the 47th president of the United States.
Trump claimed victory in the race after Fox News projected that he had defeated Democrat Kamala Harris, capping a stunning political comeback four years after he left the White House.
High-profile allies of the Republican candidate have hailed the result as a decisive victory for Trump, even as most media outlets continue to say the race is too close to call.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban declared it “the biggest comeback in American political history” in a triumphant post on X.
The far-right politician congratulated Trump on a “huge victory” and called his success “a much-needed victory for the world.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a very personal message, writing on X: “Dear Donald and Melania Trump: Congratulations on the greatest comeback in history!” wrote in X.
‘His historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful commitment to the great alliance between Israel and the United States. This is a great victory!’
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele shared a photo of himself shaking Trump’s hand in an X with the caption: “Congratulations to the president-elect of the United States of America, may God bless and guide you.”
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele shared a photo of himself shaking hands with Trump.
Far-right ministers in Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government celebrated Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election on Wednesday.
“Yes, God bless Trump,” National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir said on X.
Bezalel Smitrich said, “God bless Israel, God bless America.”
Another member of the government, Culture Minister Miki Zohar, said: “We are looking forward to the next four years.”
Dutch politician Geert Wilders also shared his congratulations to both Trump and the United States, writing in X: “Never stop, always keep fighting and win elections!”
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said a Donald Trump victory in the US election would likely be bad news for Ukraine, but said it was unclear to what extent Trump could cut US funding for the war.
“Trump has a useful quality for us: as a businessman to the core, he has a mortal dislike of spending money on various parasites and stupid parasitic allies, on bad charity projects and on rapacious international organizations,” said Dmitry Medvedev, a senior security official. . official, published on his official Telegram account.
He said Ukrainian officials fell into the category of people Trump probably wouldn’t want to spend too much money on, and suggested Ukrainian leaders would do their best to console themselves if he was confirmed to have won.
‘The question is how much Trump will be forced to donate to the war. “He is stubborn, but the system is stronger,” Medvedev said.
So far, however, most governments and world leaders have been cautious about declaring a Trump victory in the race.
Chinese officials simply said this morning that the country hopes for “peaceful coexistence” with the United States under a new president.
“We will continue to address and manage China-U.S. relations based on the principles of mutual respect, peaceful coexistence and mutually beneficial cooperation,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said at a regular briefing.