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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy
Politics
Chloe Hadavas, Jack Detsch, Robbie Gramer, Allison Meakem, Amy Mackinnon, Augusta Saraiva

The World Calls Biden, While Trump and Company Double Down

U.S. President-elect Joe Biden delivers remarks at The Queen in Wilmington, Delaware, on Nov. 10. Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

In the days since Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election, President Donald Trump’s Twitter feed has become a stream of baseless claims about “MASSIVE BALLOT COUNTING ABUSE” and “illegal” election procedures. But as the Trump administration refuses to concede the election, despite no evidence of voter fraud, many of the world’s leaders—some with relief, others with reluctance—are coming to grips with the reality of an incoming Biden administration. 

All of America’s major allies have congratulated Biden on his election win, and even holdouts, like Saudi Arabia and Turkey, finally crunched the numbers and offered their best wishes to the president-elect. Only a handful of countries including Mexico and Russia still resist.

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