Decoding International Reactions to Trump’s Victory

DEEP DIVE — It was, as Axios reporter Zachary Basu put it, “probably the most astonishing, gravity-defying comeback within the historical past of American politics.” However Donald Trump’s victory was additionally a thunderbolt felt effectively past U.S. shores. From the Center East to Ukraine, the halls of NATO to these within the Kremlin, and in China and different components of East Asia, Trump’s return to the presidency brings a mix of hope, concern and uncertainty. 

World leaders congratulated Trump on Wednesday – some extra warmly than others. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a longtime ally of the president-elect, referred to as Trump’s win “historical past’s biggest comeback”; India’s Narendra Modi cheered the victory of his “pal”; and Hungary’s President Viktor Orban, the chief Trump singled out for reward in his September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, congratulated Trump for “his monumental win…a a lot wanted victory for the world!”