World leaders welcome Trump’s return to the White House

Keir Starmerunited Kingdom Prime Minister

The special relationship between the UK and the US will continue to flourish for years to come.”

United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer said

In a sense, we had the far-right international represented at the inauguration,

Naftali said

Except for day one. We're closing the border and we're drilling, drilling, drilling. After that, I'm not a dictator."

Trump quipped

The kind of rhetoric the president used in his inaugural speech is the kind of rhetoric one associates with imperial great power."

Naftali added

Donald Trumppresident

He has decided to make good on his promise to be a dictator on day one,

Naftali said, referencing a comment Trump made during a 2023 town hall with Fox News' Sean Hannity

Which means, for the first time since World War II, we are no longer an indispensable nation. If we follow through with the rhetoric in the inauguration, we have become an imperialist nation."

He continued

China is ... It is hoped that the United States will work with China to jointly promote the stable... development of China-US economic and trade relations.

said foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun, adding

Viktor Orbánprime minister

Now it’s our turn to shine!

Populist prime minister Orban offered his congratulations, adding triumphantly

I think he is destroying Russia by not making a deal,

Trump said in a stark warning to the dictator

Emmanuel Macronpresident

Let us not delude ourselves, this conflict will not end tomorrow or the day after,

Macron said in his New Year's address to the French armed forces

I want to emphasise that its goal should not be a brief truce... but a lasting peace based on respect for the legitimate interests of all people.

Congratulating Trump and saying he

The Canal is and will continue to be Panama’s,

Mulino reiterated in a statement

We are confident that (Trump) is the leader to bring peace to the Middle East and restore stability to the region.”

Syria’s de facto leader, the former rebel chief Ahmed al-Sharaa, said

There is no presence of any nation in the world that interferes with our administration,

he added, apparently referring to Trump’s claim that

We look forward to improving the relations between our two countries based on dialogue and understanding,

he said in a statement “on behalf of

Olaf Scholzchancellor

For a long time, Germany and the US have been working together successfully promoting prosperity and freedom on both sides of the Atlantic. We will continue to do so for the wellbeing of our citizens.”

In Europe, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz congratulated Trump on X, saying

Mark RuttenATO Secretary General

With President Trump back in office we will turbo-charge defense spending and production.”

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said

As our two nations celebrate 80 years of friendship, it was my honor to convey our leadership’s heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,

she wrote

Benjamin Netanyahuisraeli Prime Minister

Your first term as President was filled with groundbreaking moments,

Netanyahu said

Jeremi Suriamerican historian

Donald Trump did not do that. This was one of the most partisan presidential inaugural speeches — it was less an inaugural speech and more a State of the Union. He just listed a series of bullet points of projects he wanted to undertake, from deporting immigrants to seizing back the Panama Canal,

said Jeremi Suri, a history professor at the University of Texas at Austin