Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said he was “not aware of the president’s plans to congratulate Trump on the election”, since the US was an “unfriendly country”.
He added that Russia would judge Trump on his actions: “We will draw conclusions based on concrete steps and concrete words.”
Iran’s government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani said Iranians’ livelihood would not be affected by the US election, according to semi-official news agency Tasnim.
Trump could reimpose his “maximum pressure policy” through heightened sanctions on Iran’s oil industry and empower Israel to strike its nuclear sites, Arab and Western officials have told Reuters news agency.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Trump, describing him as a friend on X: “As you build on the successes of your previous term, I look forward to renewing our collaboration to further strengthen the India-US Comprehensive Global and Strategic Partnership.
“Together, let’s work for the betterment of our people and to promote global peace, stability and prosperity.”
Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan also called Trump a friend – the two had a healthy relationship during Trump’s first term in office.
“I hope that Turkey-US relations will strengthen, that regional and global crises and wars, especially the Palestinian issue and the Russia-Ukraine war, will come to an end,” he said.
Argentina’s President Javier Milei congratulated Trump on a “formidable electoral victory. Now, Make America Great Again. You know that you can count on Argentina to carry out your task.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Alabanese said the US “has long played a leadership role in the stability and security of the Indo-Pacific. Australia will strive to strengthen the co-operation between our two nations in the region.”
During a routine news briefing, Chinese ministry of foreign affairs spokesperson Mao Ning said “the US presidential election is their domestic affairs. We respect the American people’s choice”.
Trump threatened to impose massive trade tariffs on Chinese goods coming into the US, and he may push Europe to decouple more from China’s economy.
Speaking to reporters, Taiwan’s National Security Bureau Director-General Tsai Ming-yen said: “On relations across the Taiwan Strait, we believe that the US will continue its current approach of constraining China and being friendly to Taiwan.”
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr said that with Trump’s election, “the American people triumphed, and I congratulate them for their victory in an exercise which showed the world the strength of American values.”
There has been no official statement from North Korea, but analysts believe Kim Jong Un is invested in the US electoral outcome, because it could reopen the possibility of talks.
Kim held three historic meetings with Trump when he was president. In the run-up to the first summit, he announced that Pyongyang would be halting missile and nuclear tests.
Since the failure of those talks, the reclusive country has continued expanding its nuclear weapons programme, despite UN sanctions.
