The world reacts to President Trump: Putin says he wants to ‘fully restore’ ties with America while France’s US ambassador declares ‘the world is collapsing before our eyes’
Russian State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin voiced hopes for more constructive US-Russian dialogue
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen described the result as a ‘huge shock’
British Prime Minister Theresa May said Britain and the US would remain ‘strong and close partners on trade, security and defence’
French ambassador to Washington, Gerard Araud, wrote in a now-deleted tweet: ‘A world is collapsing before our eyes’
French National Front leader Marine Le Pen was among the first politicians to congratulate Trump on his win
Cuba has announced five days of nationwide military exercises to confront ‘a range of actions by the enemy’
By DAVE BURKE
DailyMail.com
9 November 2016
World leaders have reacted with disbelief after the surprise election of Donald Trump as US president – and Russian President Vladimir Putin has become one of the first to congratulate the Republican on his win.
A senior figure in the German government has described the result as a ‘huge shock’, and questioned whether it will mean an end to ‘Pax Americana’ – the state of relative peace overseen by Washington since the end of World War Two.
And the current French ambassador to the United States wrote that the ‘world is collapsing before our eyes’ in an astonishing attack on the newly-elected President.
In a now-deleted tweet, before Trump’s victory was confirmed, Gerard Araud wrote: ‘After Brexit and this election, everything is now possible. A world is collapsing before our eyes. Dizziness.’
But the result has been welcomed in Moscow, where officials say they are optimistic of improved relations with the US under a Trump presidency.
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