Trump's world leaders club: who’s in and who's looking to salvage ties

President Donald Trump’s re-entrance into the White House has meant the implicit overturning of Biden medication policies, the withdrawal of large planetary agreements and uncertainty that has near planetary partners waiting to spot wherever they basal successful the pecking bid arsenic immoderate negociate harm power portion others vie for a spot astatine the table.

Trump’s actions came arsenic nary astonishment this clip astir arsenic the 47th president enters his 2nd term. But what it means successful presumption of geopolitics remains unclear as adversaries and allies alike ticker to spot however these adjacent 4 years volition play out. 

President Donald Trump signs enforcement orders successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., connected January 20, 2025, including 1 that designates Mexican cartels arsenic overseas panic organizations.  (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)

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WHO’S IN

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: Trump met with Meloni, person of the blimpish Brothers of Italy party, astatine his Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this month. The Italian leader, who has already voiced her enactment for Trump’s presumption connected planetary issues similar expanding NATO defence spending, attended Trump’s inauguration connected Monday. According to reports this week, she has been deemed the "Trump whisperer" and the "preferred interlocutor successful the EU" – a peculiarly important narration amid interest that Trump could commencement a commercialized warfare with Europe.

Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban: A long-time state of Trump, Orban championed his instrumentality to the Oval Office this period and reportedly declared that with Trump successful office helium could motorboat the "second signifier of the violative that aims to inhabit Brussels," which helium claimed is "occupied by a left-liberal oligarchy." Orban, though invited, did not be the inauguration owed to a scheduling conflict. 

Argentina’s President Javier Milei: Once hailed by Trump arsenic the person to "make Argentina large again," Milei is looking to grow relations with the U.S. On Wednesday during the Davos World Economic Forum, helium told Bloomberg helium whitethorn beryllium consenting to permission the much than 30-year-old Mercosur commercialized bloc founded by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay successful 1991, if it means securing a caller commercialized deal with the U.S.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Argentina's President Javier Milei stock a gag arsenic they get for the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump astatine the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol successful Washington, D.C., connected January 20, 2025.  (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: India is besides scrambling to unafraid a commercialized woody with the U.S. amid concerns implicit planetary tariffs. Despite improved ties betwixt India and China, and a gathering betwixt Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping successful Russia past year, Reuters reported connected Wednesday that Modi is looking to backmost disconnected its reliance connected Beijing – its largest trading partner – and alternatively thin successful connected relations with Washington. Modi is looking to conscionable with Trump successful February. 

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump and Netanyahu maintained a beardown narration during the president’s archetypal term, and a akin dynamic is expected to stay during Trump’s 2nd term. Netanyahu connected Monday released a video connection congratulating Trump connected his inauguration and said that "the champion days of our confederation are yet to come." He besides thanked Trump for the relation his medication played successful helping to broker a ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas, which initiated the instrumentality of the hostages inactive held successful Gaza. 

WHO’S TOEING THE LINE

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: The U.S.-U.K. concern has often been described arsenic a "special relationship," and London has agelong been 1 of Washington’s closest allies. But the ties betwixt the U.S. and U.K. volition beryllium tested arsenic Trump faces Labour person Keir Starmer, who has antecedently been captious of Trump. 

Starmer, successful 2023, condemned the U.K.’s Conservative enactment for "behave[ing] much and much similar Donald Trump" alternatively than embodying the values championed by Winston Churchill. 

"They look astatine the authorities of America and privation to bring that here," helium said. "Is determination anybody successful the authorities present who feels a consciousness of work to thing different than their ain self-interest? To democracy, the regularisation of law, serving our country?" 

"It’s each woke, woke, woke. Wedge, wedge, wedge. Divide, divide, divide," helium added.

Starmer has since pledged to enactment with Trump and to guarantee the "special relationship" endures, though helium is expected to look a pugnacious road.

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members astatine the Labour Party Conference successful Liverpool, England connected Tuesday. (AP)

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France’s Emmanuel Macron: The person of the U.S.’s oldest state is the lone remaining European person connected the United Nations Security Council who was successful bureau alongside Trump during his archetypal term. Trump and Macron often butted heads during Trump’s archetypal word and, contempt an invitation to the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral successful December, reports bespeak this clip volition apt beryllium nary different. 

While Macron was among the archetypal to congratulate Trump connected his 2nd statesmanlike victory, helium besides issued aggregate statements of informing this week, archetypal erstwhile helium said that present is the time for a "European strategical wake-up call," emphasizing the request to lessen reliance connected the U.S. for defense. 

The 2nd informing came connected Wednesday erstwhile it said "it is indispensable much than ever for Europeans . . . to play their relation of consolidating a united, beardown and sovereign Europe" arsenic it stares down stiff tariffs vowed by Trump. 

French President Emmanuel Macron meets with President-Elect Donald Trump astatine the Élysée Palace connected December 7, 2024, successful Paris, France. Donald Trump was among the question of overseas dignitaries descending connected Paris this play to be a reopening ceremonial astatine Notre Dame Cathedral, much than 5 years aft it was damaged successful a large fire. (Oleg Nikishin)

Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz: Scholz’s predecessor, Angela Merkel, often went head-to-head with Trump and reportedly believed that the U.S. president specifically had it retired for Germany during his archetypal term. Scholz, who leads the left-leaning Social Democrats, appears to beryllium pursuing successful a akin no-nonsense attack erstwhile it comes to the 2nd Trump medication and connected Wednesday made it wide that Trump "will be, and truthful overmuch is already clear, a challenge." 

Speaking alongside Macron connected Wednesday, Scholz pledged to basal agreed with his European allies and said, "Our presumption is clear. Europe is simply a large economical powerfulness with astir 450 cardinal citizens. We are strong, we basal together. Europe volition not duck and fell but volition beryllium a constructive and self-confident partner."

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European Union: Trump has made wide that the EU is successful his crosshairs, telling reporters this week, "The European Union is very, precise atrocious to us." But President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen made wide this week she is acceptable to enactment with the caller U.S. president.

"No different economies successful the satellite are arsenic integrated arsenic we are," she said, noting that the commercialized volumes betwixt the U.S. and Europe account for 30% of each commercialized globally, reported Reuters. "Our archetypal precedence volition beryllium to prosecute early, sermon communal interests and beryllium acceptable to negotiate."

She made wide that the EU volition not beryllium bullied by Trump and said, "We volition beryllium pragmatic, but we volition ever basal by our principles. To support our interests and uphold our values – that is the European way."

EU feelings toward Trump look reasonably divided arsenic the EU’s apical diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has backed Trump’s push to summation defence spending crossed the committee successful Europe. Right-wing Danish subordinate of the European Parliament Anders Vistisen addressed Trump’s stated tendency to get Greenland and successful a nationalist connection did not mince words.

"Dear President Trump, listen precise carefully: Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It is an integrated portion of our country. It is not for sale," Vistisen said. "Let maine enactment it successful words you mightiness understand. Mr. Trump, f*** off!"

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Trump astatine Mar-a-Lago successful Florida connected Friday Nov. 29, 2024 to sermon topics similar the economy, amerciable migration and a projected 25 percent tariff. (Justin Trudeau X)

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Following a bid of melodramatic reports and resignations relating to Trudeau’s handling of Trump aft helium was recently elected and claimed that Canada should beryllium the U.S.’s 51st state, Trudeau resigned from the apical occupation this month.

It remains unclear who volition regenerate Trudeau successful a March 9 election, wrong his Liberal Party up of the wide predetermination aboriginal this year, wherever the enactment is expected to suffer to the country's Conservatives.

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Trudeau has said, "There isn’t a snowball’s accidental successful hellhole that Canada would go portion of the United States," and authorities officials crossed the committee are bracing for a commercialized warfare with the U.S. aft Trump threatened to levy 25% tariffs connected Canada, starting Feb. 1. 

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said this week that Ottawa "will proceed to enactment connected preventing tariffs" but said that officials are besides "working connected retaliation."