Many world leaders have congratulated Donald Trump on his inauguration as the 47th president of the United States.
Trump was sworn in on Monday, January 20, 2024 Monday night.
Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba sent his “warmest congratulations” to Trump, saying in a post on X: “I look forward to collaborating with you to reinforce the enduring Japan-US partnership and jointly pursue our shared goal of a free and open Indo-Pacific.”
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te offered his “sincere congratulations” to Trump and Vice President JD Vance.
“Taiwan looks forward to working with your administration to promote enduring freedom, peace & prosperity around the world. We wish you great success in the years ahead,” Lai said on X.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he looks forward to working together “to strengthen the enduring Pakistan-US partnership.”
“Over the years, our two great countries have worked together closely to pursue peace and prosperity in the region and beyond for our peoples & we shall continue to do so in the future,” Sharif said on X.
Meanwhile, Nepali Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli said on X that, “Nepal and the US share 75+ years of warm ties, and I look forward to working together to further strengthen our partnership.”
Meanwhile, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel condemned Trump’s decision to put the island back on the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, calling Trump’s actions “an act of arrogance and disregard for the truth.”
“President Trump, in an act of arrogance and disregard for the truth, has just reinstated the fraudulent designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism,” Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel wrote on X. “This is not surprising. His goal is to continue strengthening the cruel economic war against Cuba for the purpose of domination.”
“The result of the extreme economic siege measures imposed by Trump has been to cause shortages among our people and a significant increase in the migratory flow from Cuba to the United States,” the Cuban president said in a separate post.
Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez also issued a scathing response to the decision.
“Drunk with arrogance, President Trump decides without reason that Cuba sponsors terrorism. He knows that he is LYING. His determination is to increase the punishment and the economic war against Cuban families. It will cause harm, but it will not break the firm determination of our people. We will win,” Rodriguez said in a post on X.
Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo designated Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism in January 2021, saying at the time that Havana was “providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbor to terrorists” after refusing to extradite leaders of a Colombian guerrilla organization who were in Havana for peace talks when a deadly bombing took place in the South American nation.
Cuba has been one of just four nations designated as state sponsors of terrorism, along with North Korea, Iran and Syria.
Cuban officials have advocated for their country’s removal as a state sponsor of terror, which triggers stringent economic sanctions in addition to more than the six decades old US embargo.
With CNN report
