“No comments”- this is the statement being assumed from the major leaders of the world due to their silence after the election results showed Joe Biden as the winner, fetching him the title of the President-elect of the United States of America.
The mute demeanor of these political chiefs is necessarily attracting people from the world to urge them for their remarks on the big win of Joe Biden.
With many not reaching out to their social media platforms or the local media for giving out a congratulatory statement to the elected leaders of the US, the actions have been seen as rather a disappointment over Trump’s loss with whom they shared significant bonds.
As many world leaders rushed to send President-elect Joe Biden congratulations on his projected US election victory over Donald Trump, others were notable in their silence on Sunday.
According to Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, he won’t be wishing either Biden or Kamala regarding the win until the legal proceedings and issues pertaining to it are completed.
He shared his views while briefing the press and said that he will avoid making the statements till their titles are legalized. He added, “We don’t want to be reckless.”
Praising Trump’s behavior towards him, Mr. Obrador said the sitting President was “very respectful of us”, while also calling the relationship with both Biden and Trump as “good”.
Although there wasn’t a public display of disappointment over the win, the silence of the leaders who shared cordial relationships with President Trump said it all.
The list further includes the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Mohammed bin Salman and President of Brazil JairBolsonaro.
It is worthy to be highlighted that the list also bears the names of Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia and Chinese Xi Jinping.
The conflicting ideas between Biden and Bolsonaro were made evident after the retaliation received from the latter due to the former’s comment on Brazil.
During his first presidential debate, Biden called for the US to give a push to Brazil for protecting the Amazon rainforest in a better way. However, this did not go well with Bolsonaro and he responded saying that Biden’s comment was “disastrous”.
When translated from Portuguese to English, the President while making a mistake in Biden’s first name tweeted, “What a shame, Mr. John Biden!”
As the Brazilian leader shares similar views with Trump in his refusal to accept science-backed facts and abolition of democratic institutions, its media agencies termed Biden’s win as a “lesson for Bolsonaro”, they added, “May Brazil’s leaders seize the spirit of the times – or die, like Trump, who has already left it too late.”
Even though Trump doesn’t seem to have accepted his defeat until now, all his efforts to call the election “fraud” aren’t proving to be fruitful or leaning in his favour.
On the other hand, Prime Minister of India, NarendraModi, Israel’s PM Benjamin Netanyahu and President of Philippines Rodrigo Duterte gave their regards and congratulated Biden. The statements necessarily meant their acceptance of the Democratic win and refusal to back Trump’s comments.
Nothing significant is believed to get better in the Chinese-US aspect as Trump too had unsteady relations with Xi Jinpang. However, Biden went a step higher when he called the President of China a “thug”. He also pledged to guide a global campaign for “pressurizing, isolating and punishing China”.
He termed the inhuman actions being subjected to Muslims in the Xinjiang region of China as a “genocide”, suggesting major consequences of the atrocities after he takes up the post in the White House legally.
In a March article, Biden had said, “The United States does need to get tough with China. The most effective way to meet that challenge is to build a united front of US allies and partners to confront China’s abusive behaviours and human rights violations.”
