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Leaders crossed the globe reacted to Donald Trump’s instrumentality to the White House connected Monday, offering wide bully wishes and extending geopolitical olive branches.
While President Trump acceptable the code successful his inaugural code and declared helium would "put America first," helium besides drew attraction to circumstantial areas similar Mexico, Panama and China – sparking much questions implicit however caller American policies nether the 47th president of the United States could instrumentality shape.
Neither the China, Mexico nor Panama governments responded to Fox News Digital’s questions pursuing the remarks issued by Trump during his inaugural address, including erstwhile helium vowed to "take back" the Panama Canal, which the U.S. afloat handed implicit to Panama successful 1999.
"China is operating the Panama Canal. And we didn't springiness it to China. We gave it to Panama," the president said. "And we're taking it back."
Trump besides vowed to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and pledged to reinstate his "Remain successful Mexico" policies.
Panama President José Raúl Mulino issued a connection rejecting Trump’s comments and said, "The Canal is and volition proceed to beryllium Panama's and its medication volition proceed to beryllium nether Panamanian power with respect to its imperishable neutrality."
"There is nary beingness of immoderate federation successful the satellite that interferes with our administration," helium added, taking contented with Trump’s proposition that the U.S. "gave" the canal to Panama.
"Dialogue is ever the mode to clarify the points mentioned without undermining our right, full sovereignty and ownership of our Canal.," Mulino said.
Reports suggested that Mexico rejected Trump's plans to instrumentality a "Remain successful Mexico" argumentation and during a Monday greeting conference, Juan Ramón de la Fuente, Mexico's caput for outer relations, said, "If they reinstate it, this is thing we don’t hold with. We person a antithetic focus. We privation to set it."
"The tendency is to support the aforesaid policies arsenic now," helium added.
China does not look to person commented publically pursuing Trump's inaugural address, which was attended by Chinese Vice President Han Zheng.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Trump connected re-entering the White House and suggested helium whitethorn beryllium unfastened to bid talks with Ukraine.
"We spot the statements by the recently elected President of the United States and members of his squad astir the tendency to reconstruct nonstop contacts with Russia," Putin said, according to a Reuters translation.
"We besides perceive his connection astir the request to bash everything imaginable to forestall World War III," helium added. "We of people invited this cognition and congratulate the elected President of the United States of America connected taking office."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy likewise issued his congratulations conscionable up of the inauguration ceremonial and said, "I congratulate President Trump and the American radical connected the inauguration of the 47th President of the United States. Today is simply a time of alteration and besides a time of anticipation for the solution of galore problems, including planetary challenges.
"President Trump is ever decisive, and the bid done spot argumentation helium announced provides an accidental to fortify American enactment and execute a semipermanent and conscionable peace, which is the apical priority," helium added.
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte offered his "warm congratulations" and successful a station connected X said, "With President Trump backmost successful bureau we volition turbo-charge defense spending and production."
European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen besides took to X and said the planetary assemblage "looks guardant to moving intimately with you to tackle planetary challenges."
"Together, our societies tin execute greater prosperity and fortify their communal security," she added.
While galore nations successful Europe, including Norway, Sweden, Finland, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom, congratulated Trump, with respective leaders pronouncing that the U.S. is their closest ally, different nations successful Europe were little consenting to contented pronounced congratulations.
French President Emmanuel Macron issued a note of warning erstwhile giving a code to the French subject connected Monday.
Macron said the Trump presidency was an "opportunity for a European strategical wake-up call" and highlighted scenarios that immoderate person feared could impact European security, similar a lessening of U.S. subject beingness successful Europe if Washington opts to displacement absorption toward information concerns successful Asia instead.
Just 1 time into the long-brokered cease-fire betwixt Israel and Gaza, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted a video connection connected X successful which helium congratulated Trump and said, "I judge that moving unneurotic again we volition rise the US-Israel alliance to adjacent greater heights."
"The champion days of our confederation are yet to come," helium added.
Hamas authoritative Sami Abu Zuhri besides commented connected the inauguration of the 47th president, saying, "We are blessed with the departure of Biden, who has the humor of Palestinians connected his hand," reported Reuters.
"We anticipation for the extremity of this acheronian epoch that harmed the U.S. earlier anyone and that Trump tin physique his policies connected balanced foundations that tin chopped the roadworthy against Netanyahu's evils that privation to drown the portion and the world," helium added.
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