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Which world leaders have congratulated Trump? Here's a rolling list

Trump world leaders

From left: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, Indian PM Narendra Modi and French President Emmanuel Macron.  

Photo credit: Reuters

British and Ethiopian Prime Ministers Keir Starmer and Abiy Ahmed are among world leaders that have come out to congratulate Donald Trump after he claimed victory in the US presidential election.

"I look forward to working with you in the years ahead," Starmer said on X on Wednesday.

"I know that the UK-US special relationship will continue to prosper on both sides of the Atlantic for years to come."

Ethiopia's PM Abiy also said he looks forward to working together.

"Congratulations to President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) on your election victory and comeback. I look forward to working together to further strengthen the relationship between our two countries during your term," Abiy wrote in a post on X.

Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof on Wednesday said he had congratulated Donald Trump.

"I look forward to our close cooperation on the shared interests between the USA and the Netherlands," Schoof said in a post on X.

Italy's right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni on Wednesday congratulated Donald Trump, saying the victory would strengthen ties between the two countries.

In a post on X Meloni offered her "most sincere congratulations" to Trump, and said Italy and the United States had an "unshakeable alliance".

"It is a strategic bond, which I am certain we will now strengthen even further," she said.

Below is a rolling list of world leaders who have congratulated Trump so far:

  1. Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed 
  2. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa
  3. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
  4. French President Emmanuel Macron
  5. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
  6. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi 
  7. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba
  8. India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi 
  9. Saudi Arabia's King Salman and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
  10. UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
  11. King Abdullah II of Jordan
  12. Argentina's President Javier Milei 
  13. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
  14. Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof
  15. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
  16. Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni 
  17. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
  18. Polish President Andrzej Duda
  19. Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu 
  20. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky
  21. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala
  22. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
  23. Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer
  24. Mark Rutte, Secretary-General of Nato
  25. Taiwanese President William Lai 
  26. Ulf Hjalmar Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden 
  27. Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre 
  28. El Salvador President Nayib Armando Bukele
  29. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico