US election: Sir Keir Starmer joins world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump on victory – as Volodymyr Zelenskyy hails ‘strong’ US
Sir Keir Starmer has joined world leaders in congratulating Donald Trump after he declared victory in the US presidential election.
The UK prime minister said: “As the closest of allies, we stand shoulder to shoulder in defence of our shared values of freedom, democracy and enterprise.”
Elsewhere, Ukraine’s President Volodomyr Zelenskyy said he looked forward to “an era of a strong United States of America under President Trump’s decisive leadership”.
He said: “I recall our great meeting with President Trump back in September, when we discussed in detail the Ukraine-US strategic partnership, the Victory Plan, and ways to put an end to Russian aggression against Ukraine.”
He’s joined by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, France’s President Emmanuel Macron and Turkey’s prime minister Viktor Orban.
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