‘Biggest comeback in US political history’: World leaders congratulate Trump on historic election win


World leaders congratulated former President Donald J. Trump on his historic Tuesday night election victory over Democratic challenger Vice President Kamala Harris, with leaders referring to Trump’s win as one of the greatest political comebacks in US history.

The first to congratulate the former president was Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu who wrote on X: “Dear Donald and Melania Trump, Congratulations on history’s greatest comeback! Your historic return to the White House offers a new beginning for America and a powerful recommitment to the great alliance between Israel and America. This is a huge victory!”

Trump and Netanyahu have maintained a good relationship since the former president left the White House in 2021. While on the campaign trail, Trump appealed to US voters by promising to end the Middle East conflict between Israel and Hamas, which was a major concern among Jewish voters this election season. Trump made significant gains among the US-Jewish population this election cycle, but fell short of securing the majority of the Jewish vote, which has traditionally gone to the Democratic candidate.

Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, who is one of Trump’s greatest allies, asserted that Trump’s victory was not just a win for the US, but for the entire world. He wrote on X: “The biggest comeback in US political history! Congratulations to President Donald Trump on his enormous win. A much needed victory for the World!”

Other world leaders such as El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, French President Emmanual Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz also released statements of congratulations. Several of them despised Trump in the past.

Ukrainian President Zelensky expressed confidence that President Trump’s leadership will restore peace to Ukraine, which has been at war with Russia for more than three years since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion. “Congratulations to Donald Trump on his impressive election victory! I recall our great meeting with President Trump back in September, when we discussed in detail the Ukraine-US strategic partnership, the Victory Plan, and ways to put an end to Russian aggression against Ukraine.”

“I appreciate President Trump’s commitment to the ‘peace through strength’ approach in global affairs,” he added. “This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer. “I am hopeful that we will put it into action together. We look forward to an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership.”

The additional world leaders said:

This Story originally came from humanevents.com

 


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Heavy Israeli aerial bombardments of the southern suburbs of Beirut have also continued with intensity. On Friday an Israeli missile completely leveled a residential multi-story in the neighborhood of Chiyah. Israel’s military reportedly issued a civilian evacuation alert shortly before, and terrifying video from the scene suggests locals knew it was about to be struck.

In the south of Lebanon, near the border, UN peacekeeping forces say they are monitoring “heavy clashes” on Friday, saying most of the fighting is centered in the coastal town of Naqoura as well as the village of Chamaa.

There are also emerging reports which say four Italian soldiers were injured after two rockets hit a UNIFIL base in Chamaa. Italy’s deputy prime minister has said Hezbollah was likely behind the rocket firing: “There were believed to be two missiles, from what it appears, they are believed to have been launched by Hezbollah.”

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“These attacks are unacceptable,” she stated, adding that “the parties on the ground to guarantee, at all times, the safety of UNIFIL soldiers and to collaborate to quickly identify those responsible.”

“We are aware of heavy shelling in the vicinity of our bases,” UNIFIL spokesman Andrea Tenenti has said, saying that since the incident all UN troops appear to be safe “for the moment”.

Up until now, the UNIFIL has claimed its command posts came under attack by Israeli forces, including IDF tanks, several times. This appears to be the first time that Hezbollah fired on UN locations.

IDF forces earlier this week reached their deepest point into Lebanon since the ground invasion began, in the countryside vicinity of the port city of Tyre, which has been pummeled by airstrikes.

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Israel has repeatedly demanded that the UNIFIL troops withdraw – requests which have been refused. This puts the UNIFIL outposts in the direct line of fire as the war encircles their positions.

“UNIFIL strongly urges combating parties to avoid fighting next to its positions. Inviolability of UN premises and personnel must be respected at all times,” a Friday statement said.

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