Most World Leaders Express Hope, Relief After Biden Win

[appalachiablue]

Source: AP News

World leaders swiftly congratulated U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on his victory Saturday, cheering it as an opportunity to fortify global democracy and celebrating the significance of Americans having their first woman vice president.

Although U.S. President Donald Trump did not concede defeat, relief was a common theme expressed in many parts of the world to the news that his reelection bid had failed. “The Americans have chosen their President. Congratulations @JoeBiden and @KamalaHarris! We have a lot to do to overcome today’s challenges. Let’s work together!” tweeted French President Emmanuel Macron.

Other leaders who sent congratulations included German Chancellor Angela Merkel, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi. The president of Ukraine, whose country was central to Trump’s impeachment and an attempt by the Trump campaign to paint Biden and his family as corrupt, offered speedy congratulations.

Most Western allies quickly welcomed a fresh start with a new administration in Washington. “We’re looking forward to working with the next U.S. government,” German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas tweeted. “We want to work in our cooperation for a new trans-Atlantic beginning, a New Deal.” Word of the victory in Pennsylvania that pushed Barack Obama’s former vice president past the threshold of 270 Electoral College votes needed to take over the Oval Office cascaded around the globe on social media and live news broadcasts, sparking celebrations...



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A man hangs a US flag up in the town of Ballina, North West of Ireland, Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020. Ballina is the ancestral home of US President elect Joe Biden. Biden was elected Saturday as the 46th president of the United States, defeating President Donald Trump in an election that played out against the backdrop of a pandemic, its economic fallout and a national reckoning on racism. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)



Women dance in front of the Brandenburg Gate, and the US Embassy in Berlin, Germany in celebration of the Biden-Harris win. (Photo, Markus Schreiber).

[llashram]

1. I love it

the whole world it seems is celebrating trumps defeat. He was one disliked human being. 70million may think he's the cat's meow. I'm one who thinks he's what the cat leaves in the litter box

[Earthshine2]

2. I think even Putin is tired of this whiney bitch.

Whiney is the word. Everything and everyone is so unfair to him!

[Worried2020]

3. I for one do not expect any improvement . . .

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USA has been long divided , b4 the Civil War and beyond . . . .

It's time to fix that . . .

but how?



(sigh)

W

[Cha]

7. Well too bad.. There will be Vast IMPROVEMENT

without the Evil ASSFACE LYING TRAITOR on tv everyday Lying his Damn HeadOFF.

AND, NO More FREAKKNG EOS from him After January 21, 2021

[cheezmaka]

9. That's a vast improvement by itself! LOL!

Joe will have a LOT to do on Jan. 20th just in "damage control"....

[Cha]

10. Yes, the whole Biden Admin But he

Will have the Smartest People who Are there to Build Back America!

Aloha, cheezmaka!

[cheezmaka]

13. You're absolutely right! Hopefully we can gain majority in the Senate after the GA runoffs...

Aloha, Cha!

[Cha]

14. Yes that would be two Miracles but

We Can Do IT.

[cheezmaka]

21. Yes We Can!

[onetexan]

19. Agree. We had the start of normalcy yesterday, which will accelerate quicklyonce Biden is sworn in.

Things will change because Biden is highly experienced in governing, and also has a highly experienced team he can rely on, supported by a majority public who support this administration. That is a win-win-win combination. As Kamala said yesterday, it won't be easy healing and repairing/restoring the country back to normalcy. We so desperately need Biden/Harris to lead us back to greatness as leader of the free world and great prosperity - for us and for our families.

[Aristus]

11. In a rather unexpected way, I'm guessing.

The decline and eventual death of AM hate radio.

In the 1990's, violent crime in the US declined precipitately after hitting a bruising peak in the 1970's and 80's, and no one was really sure why. Environmental scientists finally concluded that switching to unleaded gasoline was a major cause. Leaded gasoline spewed millions of tons of lead into the atmosphere. Lead poisoning causes brain damage, mood swings, violent behavior, decreased inhibition, and other factors that lead to increased crime rates. Unleaded gas relieved a lot of that.

I think the political division in the US may improve in just such an odd and unexpected way. AM talk radio's audience is made up almost entirely of aging white, straight, cisgender men. And the loud-mouthed demagogues who dominate the airwaves pour an unending stream of grievance into their ears. I can state from personal experience that subjecting oneself to that toxic miasma all day every day will cause increased and prolonged outbursts of anger in the listener.

The audience for AM hate radio is dying off, day by day. And while young people coming up today are able to get their hate fix just as easily on online social media, I don't think it's going to be as generationally influential as radio.

We shall see...

[raccoon]

20. From your keyboard to dog's ears.

I wonder if the rise in crime during the 70s and 80s was caused by demographics? Maybe there were a lot more young man than young men who were born in the 50s and early 60s. And they commit most of the violent crimes.

[moondust]

4. The global sigh of relief

briefly shook the International Space Station.

[ffr]

5. Like VE-Day 1945 when the Allies prevailed, spontenous celebrations

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Link to tweet

Our allies folks. This is how our allies react to the fall of the tRump regime.

TURN THAT SH*T UP!

[appalachiablue]

6. Beautiful video, sentiment! This needs to be a separate post.

Hours ago I also thought this was like V-E Day. The defeat of fascist Nazis both times, just occurred to me.

We must keep fighting the fascists and can't let them take over.

They'll be back to try again, with a more acceptable leader..

[Cha]

8. Mahalo, frr! Rt! Beautiful!

Link to tweet

[Dem2theMax]

12. The bells ringing made me burst into tears.

We really have lived through four years of hell. It's nice to know the rest of the world was pulling for us. And now they are celebrating with us.

(I love hearing church bells ring. I wish I lived near a church, just so I could hear the bells.)

[Withywindle]

18. Bells ringing in Paris

Fireworks over London and Berlin. Cries of joy and spontaneous dance parties in the streets from Canada to India. Most of the world is celebrating and supporting us in the end of this nightmare. I've been watching celebration videos online all day, pretty much.

BUT

The next 70-some days will be INCREDIBLY dangerous. Dumpf still has the power of the Presidency, and once he gets past the Denial stage and moves on to Anger, anything is possible. We need to stay alert.

[LeftishBrit]

15. A lot of 'phew!'s of relief were breathed in the UK

[appalachiablue]

16. GREAT, THANKS MUCH BRITAIN!

[pfitz59]

17. World leaders acknowledging Biden's win

undermines Trump, bigly. The world is watching.

[birdographer]

22. I would love to

place full page ads in all the major newspapers in our (former) allies' big cities simply saying "AMERICA IS BACK UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. Thanks for your patience while we rebuild." Maybe in color.