Most say they prefer wait to see the outcome of the numerous lawsuits brought by Donald Trump, for alleged fraud in postal votes. Others did not even react.
Among the latter is Brazil. Until Monday afternoon, President Jair Bolsonaro, a professed supporter of Donald Trump, was silent about the Democrat’s election to the White House.
Brazilian Vice President Hamilton Mourão explained to journalists his interpretation of the strategy decided by Planalto.
“I I think the President is waiting to end this mess of discussion there, if he has a false vote, if he has no false vote, to give his position (…) It is obvious that the President at the right time will transmit greetings from Brazil to whoever is elected, “he said.” Let’s wait. It is a prudent question. I believe that this week what is pending will be defined and then we will prepare for a new relationship with those who have to establish themselves “, added Mourão.
Joe Biden has always been extremely critical of Bolsonaro, especially with regard to the fires in the Amazon, whose responsibility environmentalists do not hesitate to attribute to the Brazilian President’s environmental strategy. Biden said he would talk to other countries to offer the Bolsonaro government the sum of 20 billion dollars [16,8 mil milhões de euros] to end the destruction of the largest tropical forest in the world. The Brazilian President reacted immediately and warned that he “did not accept bribes”.
also Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the president of Mexico, who fought for reasons with Donald Trump due to the construction of an anti-immigration wall between the two countries, will save his greetings for another occasion.
In your case, it is the Mexican Constitution itself that prevents you from speaking out, as you explained last Saturday. “How can a President of Mexico act as a judge and say this candidate won? “he asked at a press conference. This Monday the Mexican leader reiterated that he will not recognize an election winner until the legal disputes are resolved. Obrador stressed that he has no “problem” with Biden.
Russia, China, the same strategy
A similar explanation is invoked by Moscow for Vladimir Putin’s silence. The Russian President awaits the announcement of the official result of the US presidential elections to congratulate the winner, after President Donald Trump contested Joe Biden’s announced victory in court, the Kremlin said.
Putin, accused by the American Democratic Party of having helped the election of Donald Trump in 2016, congratulated him that year shortly after the projections of media Americans give you the victory. Russian Presidency spokesman Dmitri Peskov has now argued that at that time “there was no legal challenge to the results”.
“We believe it is right to wait for the official results of the elections. I want to recall that President Putin has said many times that he will respect the choice of the American people, whatever they may be,” Peskov told reporters.
China, on the other hand, despite four years of tensions and disputes with Donald Trump, has also preferred the voice of prudence. Beijing said it took note of Joe Biden’s declaration of victory in the US presidential election, but decided to wait.
Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin said on Monday, “I noticed that Mr. Biden declared victory in this election”. And he added, “as far as we know, the outcome of the election will be determined in the light of US laws and legal procedures.” Beijing and President Xi Jinping will “follow international standards to express their feelings”, a strategy allegedly revealing Chinese respect for the United States of America as a whole.
Joe Biden in the past referred to the Chinese President as “a thug” and promised to lead a campaign to “pressure, isolate and punish China”, probably to capitalize in part on Trump’s successful strategy from the point of view of the US economy. American. The strategy that he will follow, however, should be more contained and multilateral, analysts believe.
Silence is worth a thousand words
There are still more revealing silences, such as those in Turkey, by Reccep Tayyip Erdogan, or North Korea, by Kim Jong Un.
The latter met with Donald Trump three times and, although nothing tangible was achieved in these meetings regarding the abandonment of the North Korean nuclear program, and the rapprochement served Kim’s interests more than Trump’s, the meetings marked American politics.
Joe Biden demarcated himself from Trump’s strategy, guaranteeing that “the days of coziness with dictators are over”, in a clear reference to the North Korean President, who also considers a “bandit”. Despite his heated criticism during the campaign, Biden admitted in some rallies that he was willing to meet Kim Jong Un as well, if PyongYang were willing to make Korea a “nuclear weapon-free” peninsula..
Since investment in the atomic threat is one of Kim’s priorities, the absolute silence of the newspapers in PyongYang regarding the American elections seems to be a sufficient answer. The contempt on the part of the North Korean, who in the past called Biden “an individual of low IQ”, who “is dominated by the ambition of power”, also does not bode for easy relationships.
In addition, Trump’s influence will not be so easy to erase, as said Michael McFaul, a former ambassador to Russia under Barack Obama.
“You can’t just do a reset what it was four years ago. Particularly in relation to Europe and Asia, and the intelligence that will be applied when making alliances to deal with threats from China and Russia, will be one of Biden’s biggest challenges “, he stressed.
Already Turkey has just said that it will work with the next US administration, without mentioning who will lead it. The Turkish executive did not even deign to comment on any scenario and it was the spokesman for President Erdogan’s party, the AKP, who clarified the issue. The country will greet the winner after the final results, he said on Monday.
Ankara has been at odds with Washington on key issues, from disputes over politics in Syria to the purchase of Russian anti-missile defense systems.
Reticence in the Middle East
Another sign that life for Joe Biden will not be easy in a post-Trump world, is the delay of one day from Saudi Arabia, and 15 hours from the Palestinian Authority, in saluting his election as the next President.
Palestinians see the Democrat as his ultimate hope of regaining influence and support for his plans to form a state alongside Israel, sharing Jerusalem as its capital. The recent tension in relations between Israel and some Arab countries, under the influence of Trump, makes us hesitate in the strategy to follow, not least because Biden has already guaranteed that he will continue with the efforts of his predecessor.
Already Riyadh, who collaborated behind the scenes with the Trump Administration in this same strain, and whose Crown Prince is considered close to the still U.S. President, would have preferred prudence before accepting a formal commitment to a new tenant in the White House.
Iran, too, while pleased with the eventuality of Donald Trump’s defeat, was skeptical of Biden.
Trump has made Iran a favorite target and has repeatedly denounced the duplicity of the Tehran government over the past four years, denouncing the Iranian Nuclear Program Agreement signed by Obama and re-imposing an endless list of sanctions on Iranian individuals and companies.
President Hassan Rouhani, quoted Sunday by media state officials, advised the Democrat to “repair the damage” caused by Donald Trump’s policies towards Iran and considered the Democratic’s victory as “an opportunity” for the next government in the United States “to return to the path of adhering to international commitments with respect for global rules”.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei preferred to draw attention to the “spectacle” given by the counting of votes last week. “This is an example of the ugly face of liberal democracy in the United States,” he said on Twitter. “Whatever the outcome, one thing is absolutely clear: the definitive political, civil and moral decline of the American regime”, he added.
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