World leaders react as President Trump makes big moves on the first day of his second term

London – In President Trump’s speech after he was He was sworn in Trump, for his second term on Monday, outlined a number of policies that would change the United States’ relationship with the rest of the world. Plus it narrows right away Immigration Across the southern border, Mr. Trump signed Executive orders To withdraw the United States Outside the World Health Organization and Paris climate agreement.

While some international leaders congratulated Mr. Trump, others were unhappy with his first actions as president. Here’s a look at reactions from around the world to Mr. Trump’s initial moves.

Reaction to Trump’s announcement regarding the United States’ withdrawal from the World Health Organization

The World Health Organization is the United Nations agency responsible for global public health. The organization has nearly 200 member states and plays a leading role in coordinating international responses to disease outbreaks and other health issues. Mr. Trump’s announcement began a one-year notice period for the United States to formally withdraw from the World Health Organization and cease all financial contributions to the organization.

Speaking on Monday, Mr. Trump accused the World Health Organization of mishandling the crisis Covid-19 pandemic and other global health crises, saying the agency failed to act beyond “inappropriate political influence of WHO member states” and requested “unfairly exorbitant payments” from the United States, disproportionate to what some other, larger countries, such as China, requests it. to push.

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said on social media, “The World Health Organization regrets announcing the United States of America’s intention to withdraw from the organization.”

“For more than seven decades, the World Health Organization and the United States of America have saved countless lives and protected Americans and all people from health threats,” Tedros said. “Together we have eradicated smallpox, and together we have brought polio to the brink of elimination.” “We hope that the United States will reconsider and look forward to engaging in a constructive dialogue to maintain the partnership between the United States and the World Health Organization, to the benefit of the health and well-being of millions of people around the world.”

Reuters quoted the German health minister as saying on Tuesday that Berlin would try to convince Mr. Trump to change his mind about the WHO, while a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters: “The role of the WHO should only be strengthened, not weakened.”

“China will, as always, support the World Health Organization in fulfilling its responsibilities,” spokesman Guo Jiaqun said, according to Agence France-Presse, adding that Beijing “will work to build a shared healthy community for humanity.”

Reaction to Trump saying that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords

In response to Mr. Trump’s announcement that the United States will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accords – A A move that would take a year to complete Which he also began during his first term – Simon Steele, the UN’s executive secretary on climate change, said that anyone who did not embrace clean energy would lose out on “enormous profits, millions of industrial jobs, and clean air”.

The Paris Agreement is a legally binding treaty to address climate change, adopted by 196 parties in 2015. Its goal is to prevent “the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels” and to try “to limit the rise in average global temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels.” Global temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Limit temperature rise to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.

“Ignoring them only sends all this enormous wealth to competing economies, while climate disasters like drought, wildfires and superstorms get worse, destroying property and businesses, hurting food production nationwide, and inflating prices economy-wide,” Steele said. “. Reuters added that there is still room for the new Trump administration to change its course.

Steele said: “The door remains open to the Paris Agreement, and we welcome constructive participation from any and all countries.”

EU President Ursula von der Leyen, head of the EU’s governing European Commission, said Tuesday at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, that Europe “will stay the course, continue to work with all countries that want to protect nature and stop global warming.”

She pledged that the 27-nation European Union would adhere to the terms and objectives of the Paris Agreement, which she said “remains the best hope for all of humanity.”

“Unusual fear” in Europe

European leaders will need to decide how to position themselves in relation to Mr. Trump and his policies, said Georgios Samaras, a lecturer in public policy at King’s College London.

“I’ve talked to my colleagues in the European Union, and there is extraordinary fear right now in the commission, because they don’t know what the next step is,” Samaras told CBS News. He added: “I believe that Trump will choose his allies very carefully, and those who do not kneel will face the consequences of Trump’s agenda.”

He predicted that “the European Union will either find a way to communicate with Trump or, similarly, they may be targeted.”

Trump threatened the European Union with tariffs, but von der Leyen sent him her “best wishes.”

“The European Union looks forward to working closely with you to address global challenges,” the EU leader said in a social media post. “Together, our societies can achieve greater prosperity and strengthen their shared security. This is the enduring strength of the transatlantic partnership.”

Other global voices react to Trump’s inauguration

Initial reactions from many world leaders were congratulatory, despite mounting tension between Mr. Trump and some longtime U.S. allies.

“For centuries, the relationship between our two countries has been one of cooperation, collaboration and enduring partnership,” said British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who has been repeatedly attacked in recent weeks by Trump appointee Elon Musk on social media. He added: “With President Trump’s longstanding affection and historic ties with the United Kingdom, I know the depth of the friendship will continue.”

In his final days in office, former President Joe Biden removed Cuba from the US list of state-sponsored terrorism. Mr. Trump immediately Reverse that stepThis is what Cuban President Miquel Díaz-Canal described as “an act of arrogance and ignoring the truth.”

Mr. Trump threatened again in his inauguration speech To regain control of the Panama Canal.

Panamanian President José Raúl Molino responded shortly after his speech, reiterating in a statement that “the canal has been and will remain Panamanian, and its administration will remain under the control of Panama with regard to its permanent neutrality.”

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded to Trump’s executive orders that paved the way for sending US troops to the southern border and designating drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations. Sheinbaum said the orders were similar to policies followed under previous Trump administrations, so Mexico was prepared.

He added: “They can act on their lands within the framework of their constitution. What we are saying is: Stay away from our sovereignty, from our independence. We can coordinate, but we are a free, independent and sovereign state and we will seek coordination.” Sheinbaum said.

She also criticized Mr. Trump’s order to do so Change the name of the Gulf of Mexico To the Gulf of America.

“For us and for the whole world, the Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,” she said.

Trump did not immediately impose new tariffs on China, as he had indicated he would, and he recently delayed a ban on Chinese-owned TikTok that was conceived under his previous administration and passed under the Biden administration.

The South China Morning Post quoted Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo on Tuesday as saying that China is ready to work with the new US government under the strategic guidance of the two presidents. He added, “The economic relations between China and the United States are fundamentally beneficial to both sides, despite the differences and disputes. China believes that there is room for cooperation and dialogue in this trade field, and the two countries can engage in further talks.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video statement on Monday that “the best days of our alliance are yet to come.”

“Your first term as president was full of pioneering moments,” Netanyahu said. He added, “I am confident that we will complete the defeat of the Iranian terror axis and begin a new era of peace and prosperity in our region.”

In Iran, the semi-official Student News Agency quoted Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi as saying that Tehran, as in the past, is ready to enter into direct negotiations with the new American administration with the aim of imposing sanctions. Up.

“If there is the same intention on the other side, the talks will be held and a result can be reached,” Gharibabadi said.

On the streets of Tehran, Iranians who spoke to CBS News expressed concerns, given Mr. Trump’s previous hard line on policy regarding their country and the devastating impact of sanctions already in place.

Kimya, a 26-year-old art graduate who declined to give her full name, told CBS News she hopes Trump will resume his “maximum pressure” tactic against her country’s leaders, to force them to change their domestic policies and allocate more money. The resources are for the benefit of the Iranian people, not other countries.

But others expressed hope that Mr. Trump would open new negotiations with the relatively new, reform-minded Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian.

“This time, I think President Trump and Iranian President Mr. Pezeshkian can have positive negotiations, and there is hope that it will end well for the Iranian people,” said Mayan, a 29-year-old master’s student in Tehran.

At a Russian Security Council meeting hours before Trump was sworn in, President Vladimir Putin praised the new administration for its goal of restoring direct communication channels that Moscow says were shut down by the Biden White House.

Putin said, “Naturally, we welcome this position and extend our congratulations to the President-elect of the United States of America on the occasion of his inauguration.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also congratulated Mr. Trump on Monday.

Zelensky said, “President Trump is always decisive, and the policy of peace through strength that he announced provides an opportunity to strengthen American leadership and achieve a long-term and just peace, which is the highest priority.”

It is unclear how Trump will deal with the war in Ukraine after he pledged during his election campaign to quickly end the conflict there. The United States has been providing massive amounts of military aid to Ukraine since Russia launched its all-out invasion in 2022.

In a separate video message, Zelensky said the new US administration provides a good opportunity to achieve peace.

He added, “The Ukrainians are ready to work with the Americans to achieve peace, real peace.” “This is an opportunity that must be seized.”

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Ibrahim Aksoy

She contributed to this report.