‘Congratulations to president Donald Trump on his enormous win!’ Messages have started to trickle in from world leaders even before a definitive victory against Kamala Harris has been declared.
Hungary’s right-wing prime minister Viktor Orban, who openly endorsed Trump’s bid for the White House, said on Facebook: ‘On the way to a beautiful victory.’
In a separate post the politician stressed that this is the ‘biggest comeback in US political history’.
The Dutch anti-Islam populist Geert Wilders also prematurely congratulated the Republican nominee, saying: ‘Congratulations America!
‘Never stop and always keep fighting to win elections.’
President of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, also jumped on the bandwagon with a post on X: ‘Congratulations to the president-elect of the United States of America, Donald Trump. May God bless and guide you.’
No congratulations have arrived from the Kremlin, but Russia’s Security Council deputy head Dmitry Medvedev said Trump ‘dislikes spending money on various hangers-on and freeloaders,’ including Ukraine.
He wrote in a post on Telegram: ‘Trump has one quality that is useful for us: as a businessman to the core, he mortally dislikes spending money on various hangers-on and hangers-on – on idiotic allies, on bad charity projects and on gluttonous international organisations.’
Medvedev also said vice president Harris is ‘finished’ and that Russia’s ‘special military operation’ will continue until its objectives are achieved.
As votes are still being counted, early congratulations could be viewed as some sort of a gesture towards Trump, indicating a potential alignment with his policies.
For others, it may be a calculated step, especially if a second Trump administration seems inevitable.
The Republican, who just minutes ago self-declared as the next US president, is projected to have won Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia, three key swing states.
He is ahead in the other four and now looks on course for victory and a second mandate in the White House.
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