World leaders congratulate Trump on inauguration

World leaders connected Monday are congratulating President Donald Trump connected his inauguration arsenic the 47th president of the United States.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was among those who congratulated Trump.

“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 simply a apical priority,” Zelenskyy said.

The 3rd day of the Russia-Ukraine warfare is approaching astatine the extremity of February.

Trump antecedently promised to extremity the Russia-Ukraine warfare successful 1 time aft becoming president, oregon adjacent earlier his inauguration. More recently, Trump advisers person said resolving the struggle volition present instrumentality months oregon adjacent longer.

Trump has voiced skepticism of continued U.S. subject enactment for Kyiv.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu besides congratulated President Trump.

“I judge that moving unneurotic again volition rise the U.S.-Israeli confederation to adjacent greater heights,” Netanyahu said.

A ceasefire betwixt Israel and Hamas began Sunday, conscionable 1 time earlier Trump assumed the presidency.

“I look guardant to moving with you to instrumentality the remaining hostages, to destruct Hamas’ subject capabilities and extremity its governmental regularisation successful Gaza, and to guarantee that Gaza ne'er again poses a menace to Israel,” Netanyahu added.

Congratulations besides rolled successful from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, arsenic good arsenic U.S. allies similar Germany, Italy and Britain.

“The U.S. is our closest ally, and the purpose of our argumentation is ever a bully transatlantic relationship,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer pointed to the longtime narration betwixt the United States and the United Kingdom.

“For centuries, the narration betwixt our 2 nations has been 1 of collaboration, practice and enduring partnership,” Starmer said. “With President Trump’s longstanding affection and humanities ties to the United Kingdom, I cognize that extent of relationship volition continue.”

And Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who attended the inauguration astatine the Capitol Rotunda successful Washington, said she is “certain that the relationship betwixt our nations and the values that unite america volition proceed to fortify the practice betwixt Italy and the USA.”

But not each of the messages were congratulatory.

Panama’s President Jose Raul Mulino rejected a information of Trump’s inaugural address, successful which Trump reaffirmed his tendency to reassert U.S. power implicit the Panama Canal.

The United States afloat ceded power of the strategically important canal to Panama successful 1999.

“On behalf of the Republic of Panama and its people, I indispensable afloat cull the words outlined by President Donald Trump regarding Panama and its canal successful his inaugural speech,” Mulino said successful a statement.

Some accusation successful this study came from Reuters.