Donald Trump: Top politicians congratulate on the inauguration

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) congratulated US President Donald Trump on taking office immediately after he was sworn in. “The USA is our closest ally and a good transatlantic relationship is always the goal of our policy,” Scholz wrote on the online service X on Monday evening. “As an EU with 27 members and more than 400 million people, we are a strong community,” he emphasized at the same time Weight of Europeans.

After Trump’s swearing-in, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) wrote on X that Germany would be a “partner of the new US government” in a “strong and united Europe”. “We will work together on the basis of our common values ​​and with our European interests in mind,” the Foreign Minister said in English.

She also congratulated Marco Rubio, who is set to become US Secretary of State under Trump. “In times of complex global challenges, close transatlantic cooperation remains the cornerstone for peace, security and stability,” concluded Baerbock. When asked what she thought of the announcement that Trump would quickly rename the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America,” she said there was no need to “jump over all the sticks that are being thrown at you.” The focus is “on the big and important questions for us as Europeans.”

The SPD politician Michael Roth, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Bundestag, doubted whether he would cooperate with Trump if the Europeans did not act as a united front. “Trump is pulling through,” Roth wrote on Europe must “become strong, defensive and mature. Hotel Mama is closed. Europe now needs a turning point – in words and deeds.”

Top EU officials also wished Donald Trump all the best for his second term as President of the United States. EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President António Costa wrote about X: “The EU looks forward to working closely with you to address global challenges.” Together, societies could achieve greater prosperity and strengthen their shared security. “This is the enduring strength of the transatlantic partnership,” they concluded.

EU Parliament President Roberta Metsola also congratulated. “Europe is ready to work together as friends and partners to shape a world of stability, opportunity and hope,” she wrote on and brought strength on both sides of the Atlantic. “Together we are stronger and more confident in tackling global challenges.” She looks forward to continuing the partnership.

Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni joined the congratulations: “Italy will always be committed to strengthening the dialogue between the USA and Europe, which represents an essential pillar for the stability and growth of our communities,” wrote Meloni on the platform X. You also attended Trump’s inauguration ceremony in Washington.

She is confident that the friendship between Italy and the USA will further strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries. To this end, Meloni wants to work with Trump to “address global challenges together in the future and build a future of prosperity and security for our peoples,” she wrote in her post. Among European heads of government, Meloni is considered the prime minister with the closest contacts to the Republican Trump camp.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has promised the new US President Donald Trump a close and successful cooperation. The “best days of our alliance are yet to come,” Netanyahu said in a video message on US-Israeli relations on Monday.

In the video, he congratulated Trump on his inauguration as the 47th US President and emphasized: “By working together again, we will take the US-Israel alliance to new heights.”

A day after a ceasefire came into force between Israel and the radical Islamic Hamas in the Gaza war, Netanyahu also thanked the new US President for his contribution to bringing about the agreement.

Netanyahu said he looked forward to working with Trump “to repatriate the last hostages, destroy Hamas’ military capabilities, end its political power in the Gaza Strip and ensure that the Gaza Strip never again poses a threat to Israel.”

The Israeli prime minister also praised Trump’s Middle East policy during his first term in office from 2017 to 2021. At that time, the US “withdrew from the dangerous nuclear deal with Iran, recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, moved the US embassy to Jerusalem and the sovereignty of Israel “recognized over the Golan Heights”.

Netanyahu also praised Trump’s role in bringing about the so-called Abraham Accords, through which Israel normalized its relations with four Arab countries.

In addition to congratulating, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas also expressed his willingness to cooperate. “We are ready to work with you to achieve peace during your term, based on a two-state solution,” Abbas said in a statement published by the Palestinian news agency Wafa on Monday.

This means that “the State of Palestine and the State of Israel live side by side in security and peace, ensuring security and stability in our region and the world.”

The two-state solution with an independent Palestinian state has been the basis of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations for decades. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stated that he will not tolerate an independent Palestinian state.

In a first reaction to the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the radical Islamic Palestinian organization Hamas, Abbas said on Friday that the Palestinian Authority was ready to “take full responsibility for the Gaza Strip.”

The Palestinian Authority rules in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, but has limited power there. The Islamist Hamas took sole control of the Gaza Strip in 2007 and violently ousted Abbas’ Fatah party.

The Jordanian King Abdallah II wished “Trump” success when he took office. “We attach great importance to our partnership with the United States and are committed to working with you for a more prosperous and peaceful world,” the king said in the online service X.

Watch the video above: On Monday, Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term as US President. In the video you can see the Biden successor’s oath of office.