Orbán, Zelenskyy, Macron and European leaders respond to Trump's win

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

76% : Benjamin Netanyahu, the Israeli prime minister and another ally of Trump, was also early to send his best wishes.
64% : "The UK prime minister, Keir Starmer, congratulated Trump "on your historic election victory".
58% : Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian prime minister and the European leader closest to Trump, was one of the first to hail his ally's victory.
58% : 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," he said on X. Netanyahu will be hoping that Trump will continue to supply US arms and also increase pressure on Iran.
54% : "Behind the scenes, von der Leyen's team has been preparing for a Trump victory for months, including by drawing up lists of US imports to Europe to target with tariffs if Trump imposes punitive duties on European goods to the US.
48% : China, likely to be hit by tariffs and other trade restrictions, said it hoped for "peaceful coexistence" with the US as Trump was on the brink of victory.
33% : "The former UK ambassador to Washington Nigel Sheinwald gave a less optimistic account of the UK government's views of the four years ahead, telling the BBC: "The rest of the world is entitled to feel a great deal of apprehension [about Trump].
31% : "He wrote that if Trump were elected, Europe "would have nothing to hide behind", and said European leaders should have told Vladimir Putin that if he did not end his war of terror against the Ukrainian civilian population within 24 hours, "the range limits on weapons supplied to Ukraine will be lifted".
28% : "The French president, Emmanuel Macron, who had a turbulent relationship with Trump in his first term, said: "Ready to work together as we have done for four years.

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