Trump's Victory: The World Leaders' Reactions

• 11.09.2016, 21:09
•  America

Much of the world was stunned on Wednesday by Donald J. Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. His triumph holds the potential for overturning international relations. 

However, the world leaders congratulated Trump and here is some reactions of different politics from all over the world.

 According to Euronews, in a joint letter, Donald Tusk, president of the European council and Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European commission, congratulated Trump and urged him to come to Europe for talks "at your earliest convenience".

Martin Schulz, the president of the European parliament, said the vote was "a protest vote" similar to Brexit. "It began timidly, but this is like a wave, a wave of protest that will lead to Trump in the White House," Schulz told Europe 1 radio.

The EU’s foreign affairs chief, Federica Mogherini, gave a diplomatic reaction to Trump’s victory, tweeting: "EU-US ties are deeper than any change in politics."

British new Prime Minister Theresa May congratulated Trump on his victory in a hard-fought campaign, saying Britain and the US have "an enduring and special relationship based on the values of freedom, democracy and enterprise".

As The Guardian reports, May added: "We are, and will remain, strong and close partners on trade, security and defense. I look forward to working with president-elect Donald Trump, building on these ties to ensure the security and prosperity of our nations in the years ahead."

French president François Hollande said Trump’s win "opens up a period of uncertainty". The result showed that France must be stronger, and Europe more united, he added.

French Ambassador to the U.S. Gerard Araud foretold of a new world order. "After Brexit and this election, everything from now on is possible," Araud tweeted. "A world is collapsing before our eyes."

German chancellor Angela Merkel said: ''There’s no country we Germans have as close a relationship with as the United States of America. Whoever rules this vast country, with its enormous economic strength, its military potential, its cultural influence, carries a responsibility which is felt all over the world''.

German foreign minister, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, in turn added: ''I believe the biggest challenge will be to meet the high expectations that Trump himself has created: to make America great again, also with a view to the economy, to create new jobs in the current economic environment, all that won’t be easy. Above all I hope that we aren’t facing bigger tectonic shifts in international politics.'' - Deutsche Welle wrote.

President Vladimir Putin congratulated Donald Trump and said: "The current US-Russian relations cannot be called friendly. Hopefully, with the new U.S. president a more constructive dialogue will be possible between our countries."

''We understand that it will not be an easy path given the current state of degradation in the relations. And as I have repeatedly said, it’s not our fault that Russian-American relations are in such a poor state. But Russia wants and is ready to restore full-fledged relations with the United States''.

President Hassan Rouhani reacted to Trump’s win by saying that it would not change the trajectory of his country’s foreign policy:

''The US election results will have no impact on the policies of the Islamic Republic. Because of wrong policies, the position of America in the international community and world’s public opinion has diminished and growing rift with Europe and the world will exacerbate that position."