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Trump’s world leaders club: who’s in and who’s looking to salvage ties
President Donald Trump’s re-entrance into the White House has meant the complete overturning of Biden administration policies, the withdrawal of major international agreements and uncertainty that has left international partners waiting to see where they stand in the pecking order as some manage damage control while others vie for a seat at the table.
Trump’s actions came as no surprise this time around as the 47th president enters his second term. But what it means in terms of geopolitics remains unclear as adversaries and allies alike watch to see how these next four years will play out.
President Donald Trump signs executive orders in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025, including one that designates Mexican cartels as foreign terror organizations. (Jim Watson/Pool/AFP via Getty Images)
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WHO’S IN
Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: Trump met with Meloni, leader of the conservative Brothers of Italy party, at his Mar-a-Lago residence earlier this month. The Italian leader, who has already voiced her support for Trump’s position on international issues like increasing NATO defense spending, attended Trump’s inauguration on Monday. According to reports this week, she has been deemed the «Trump whisperer» and the «preferred interlocutor in the EU» – a particularly important relationship amid concern that Trump could start a trade war with Europe.
Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban: A long-time ally of Trump, Orban championed his return to the Oval Office this month and reportedly declared that with Trump in office he could launch the «second phase of the offensive that aims to occupy Brussels,» which he claimed is «occupied by a left-liberal oligarchy.» Orban, though invited, did not attend the inauguration due to a scheduling conflict.
Argentina’s President Javier Milei: Once hailed by Trump as the leader to «make Argentina great again,» Milei is looking to expand relations with the U.S. On Wednesday during the Davos World Economic Forum, he told Bloomberg he may be willing to leave the more than 30-year-old Mercosur trade bloc founded by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay in 1991, if it means securing a new trade deal with the U.S.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s President Javier Milei share a joke as they arrive for the Presidential Inauguration of Donald Trump at the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on January 20, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi: India is also scrambling to secure a trade deal with the U.S. amid concerns over international tariffs. Despite improved ties between India and China, and a meeting between Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping in Russia last year, Reuters reported on Wednesday that Modi is looking to back off its reliance on Beijing – its largest trading partner – and instead lean in on relations with Washington. Modi is looking to meet with Trump in February.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: Trump and Netanyahu maintained a strong relationship during the president’s first term, and a similar dynamic is expected to remain during Trump’s second term. Netanyahu on Monday released a video message congratulating Trump on his inauguration and said that «the best days of our alliance are yet to come.» He also thanked Trump for the role his administration played in helping to broker a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which initiated the return of the hostages still held in Gaza.
WHO’S TOEING THE LINE
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer: The U.S.-U.K. partnership has often been described as a «special relationship,» and London has long been one of Washington’s closest allies. But the ties between the U.S. and U.K. will be tested as Trump faces Labour leader Keir Starmer, who has previously been critical of Trump.
Starmer, in 2023, condemned the U.K.’s Conservative party for «behave[ing] more and more like Donald Trump» rather than embodying the values championed by Winston Churchill.
«They look at the politics of America and want to bring that here,» he said. «Is there anybody in the government now who feels a sense of obligation to anything other than their own self-interest? To democracy, the rule of law, serving our country?»
«It’s all woke, woke, woke. Wedge, wedge, wedge. Divide, divide, divide,» he added.
Starmer has since pledged to work with Trump and to ensure the «special relationship» endures, though he is expected to face a tough road.
Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer addresses members at the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool, England on Tuesday. (AP)
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France’s Emmanuel Macron: The leader of the U.S.’s oldest ally is the only remaining European leader on the United Nations Security Council who was in office alongside Trump during his first term. Trump and Macron often butted heads during Trump’s first term and, despite an invitation to the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in December, reports indicate this time will likely be no different.
While Macron was among the first to congratulate Trump on his second presidential victory, he also issued multiple statements of warning this week, first when he said that now is the time for a «European strategic wake-up call,» emphasizing the need to lessen reliance on the U.S. for defense.
The second warning came on Wednesday when it said «it is necessary more than ever for Europeans . . . to play their role of consolidating a united, strong and sovereign Europe» as it stares down stiff tariffs vowed by Trump.
French President Emmanuel Macron meets with President-Elect Donald Trump at the Élysée Palace on December 7, 2024, in Paris, France. Donald Trump was among the wave of foreign dignitaries descending on Paris this weekend to attend a reopening ceremony at Notre Dame Cathedral, more than five years after it was damaged in a major fire. (Oleg Nikishin)
Germany’s Chancellor Olaf Scholz: Scholz’s predecessor, Angela Merkel, often went head-to-head with Trump and reportedly believed that the U.S. president specifically had it out for Germany during his first term. Scholz, who leads the left-leaning Social Democrats, appears to be following in a similar no-nonsense approach when it comes to the second Trump administration and on Wednesday made it clear that Trump «will be, and so much is already clear, a challenge.»
Speaking alongside Macron on Wednesday, Scholz pledged to stand united with his European allies and said, «Our position is clear. Europe is a big economic power with around 450 million citizens. We are strong, we stand together. Europe will not duck and hide but will be a constructive and self-confident partner.»
WORLD LEADERS REACT AS TRUMP RE-ENTERS THE WHITE HOUSE
European Union: Trump has made clear that the EU is in his crosshairs, telling reporters this week, «The European Union is very, very bad to us.» But President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen made clear this week she is ready to work with the new U.S. president.
«No other economies in the world are as integrated as we are,» she said, noting that the trade volumes between the U.S. and Europe account for 30% of all trade globally, reported Reuters. «Our first priority will be to engage early, discuss common interests and be ready to negotiate.»
She made clear that the EU will not be bullied by Trump and said, «We will be pragmatic, but we will always stand by our principles. To protect our interests and uphold our values – that is the European way.»
EU feelings toward Trump appear fairly divided as the EU’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has backed Trump’s push to increase defense spending across the board in Europe. Right-wing Danish member of the European Parliament Anders Vistisen addressed Trump’s stated desire to acquire Greenland and in a public message did not mince words.
«Dear President Trump, listen very carefully: Greenland has been part of the Danish kingdom for 800 years. It is an integrated part of our country. It is not for sale,» Vistisen said. «Let me put it in words you might understand. Mr. Trump, f*** off!»
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with President-elect Trump at Mar-a-Lago in Florida on Friday Nov. 29, 2024 to discuss topics like the economy, illegal immigration and a proposed 25 percent tariff. (Justin Trudeau X)
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Following a series of dramatic reports and resignations relating to Trudeau’s handling of Trump after he was newly elected and claimed that Canada should be the U.S.’s 51st state, Trudeau resigned from the top job this month.
It remains unclear who will replace Trudeau in a March 9 election, within his Liberal Party ahead of the general election later this year, where the party is expected to lose to the country’s Conservatives.
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Trudeau has said, «There isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,» and government officials across the board are bracing for a trade war with the U.S. after Trump threatened to levy 25% tariffs on Canada, starting Feb. 1.
Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said this week that Ottawa «will continue to work on preventing tariffs» but said that officials are also «working on retaliation.»
Al menos seis personas murieron en la madrugada de este martes y más de treinta sufrieron heridas a raíz del choque que protagonizaron cuatro colectivos de pasajeros en la Ruta Cinco, de Chile, donde las autoridades investigan si el accidente en cadena se produjo tras el vuelco de uno de los buses.
El accidente se produjo en torno a las 5 de este viernes, cerca de la localidad de Las Tacas, a unos 475 kilómetros al norte de la capital chilena en una ruta vital de ese país dado que lo uno de norte a sur.
Los investigadores policiales indicaron que la volcadura de uno de los cuatro autobuses, posiblemente por la presencia de gravilla en el asfalto, y la gran velocidad a la que circulaban provocó el choque en cadena luego de que dos de los vehículos se detuvieran en la ruta para prestar auxilio al volcado.
Las autoridades reportaron que seis personas fallecieron a raíz del accidente, mientras más de treinta debieron ser hospitalizadas con traslados a centros de salud de las ciudades más cercanas, como Coquimbo y La Serena.
Además, según los médicos, diez de ellos siguen internados «en riesgo vital«.
Héctor Inostroza, chofer de uno de los colectivos, dijo a radio Biobio que con el compañero que manejaba al momento del choque mientras el descansaba «traíamos tres pasajeros en un servicio especial. Salimos por el parabrisas y sacamos a los pasajeros y los tuvimos un rato al costado del bus», añadió.
Y, recordó: «Llegó mi colega y se paró detrás de nosotros para prestar ayuda y, posteriormente, para evitar peligros, se paró delante del bus volcado para que les sirviera de protección junto con el Pullman. Y pasaron varios vehículos mayores, incluso un camión que casi nos colisionó.
El bus estaba en la pista derecha, ya estaba volteado cuando le impactó el cuarto bus. Nosotros estábamos tratando un poquito más atrás de parar el tráfico, cuando el bus viene a exceso de velocidad por la pista derecha, que casi nos atropella. Alcanzamos a gritar pero ya era demasiado tarde cuando se sintió el impacto y el bus, producto del arrastre, se generó el accidente, resaltó.
Entre los fallecidos, según el delegado de la región de Coquimbo, Galo Luna, están «el conductor y un pasajero del último bus, y cuatro personas que estaban prestando apoyo.
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Evangelical leader says US must protect Syrian Christians from attacks by jihadi terrorists
JERUSALEM—The former al Qaeda terrorist and current Interim President of Syria, Ahmed al-Sharaa, failed to stop a massacre of over 1,000 Syrians, including Christians, that unfolded last Thursday and continued over a period of days.
Al-Sharaa and his organization, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, a U.S.-designated Sunni terrorist organization, toppled former Syrian President Bashar Assad in December.
Christian leaders and human rights activists have cast strong doubts on the capability of al-Sharra’s Islamist regime to build a democracy that can protect vulnerable religious minority groups.
«This is a warning that the Syrian government is not ready for prime time if it can’t protect a handful of vulnerable Christians who had absolutely nothing to do with this violence except being its victims,» Rev. Johnnie Moore, the president of The Congress of Christian Leaders, told Fox News Digital.
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Security forces loyal to the interim Syrian government ride in the back of a vehicle moving along a road in Syria’s western city of Latakia on March 9, 2025. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
After shocking online video footage showed Islamists engaging in massacres of Syrian Alawites—a minority religious population—al-Sharra claimed he would «hold accountable, firmly and without leniency, anyone who was involved in the bloodshed of civilians». He added, «There will be no one above the law and anyone whose hands have been stained with the blood of Syrians will face justice sooner or later.»
Moore said, «It is a clear demonstration that this new government has failed at the first task of any government, which is to protect its citizens.»
New Syrian leader Ahmed al-Sharaa seen in the village of Besnaya in Syria’s rebel-held northwestern Idlib province at the border with Turkey in 2024. (OMAR HAJ KADOUR/AFP via Getty Images)
He said that foreign fighters acting either at the direction of the Syrian government or embedded within it or behaving in an out-of-control way «indiscriminately and grotesquely killed countless civilians, including a number of Christians, that we personally verified were killed. And the numbers are rising.»
Moore said, «The new government in Syria may not be ISIS, but they are ‘Islamists.’» Al-Sharaa was also once a member of the Islamist State terrorist movement.
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Syrian families who fled the clashes in Syria arrive to cross into the northern village of Heker al-Daher in Akkar province, Lebanon, on Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
Moore lambasted the posture of the Europeans toward the hardcore Syrian Islamist regime by noting the European governments seem to be rewarding the regime in Damascus.
«And for this to happen within 24 hours of the United Kingdom announcing that they are waiving sanctions on the Syrian national bank and over 20 other entities is a warning sign to the entire Western world and the EU commission is continuing with its plans do a funding conference in the near future to help the new Syrian government.»
Moore continued, «The response from the U.S. should be the exact opposite. The United States should send a very, very clear message to the new Syrian government that there will be zero sanctions relief and there will be zero normalization of its treatment to the new Syrian government until it proves that it’s going to be able to protect all the citizens of Syria, including its vulnerable Christians.»
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Christians gather to celebrate Christmas at the Monastery of Our Lady of Saydnaya on Dec. 24, 2024 in Saydnaya, Syria. (Ali Haj Suleiman/Getty Images)
Moore noted that during the Syrian civil war, Christians were killed and displaced. In December, the Center for Religious Freedom’s Nina Shea and Moore discussed on Fox and Friends the threat to Christianity in Syria after rebels took over the capital and the U.S. role in protecting Christians.
The Christian population in Syria has shrunk considerably since the start of the 2011 Syrian civil war. There are an estimated 300,000 Christians in the war-torn nation. Prior to the Syrian civil war, the Syrian Christian community numbered 1.5 million.
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