Leaders from around the world have offered their congratulations to President-elect Donald Trump following his election win. But their messages did not always strike a similar tone.

While Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin congratulated President-elect Trump on his success, leaders of opposition parties expressed concern about the impact that his presidency will have on Ireland and our economy, as well as on ongoing wars across the globe.

The returning US president has criticised the scale of US military and financial support for Ukraine and vowed to end the war with Russia quickly without saying how.

French President Emmanuel Macron and other EU leaders congratulated Donald Trump after he claimed victory in Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, saying they were ready to work together but would defend Europe's interests. Macron's message on X was not as enthusiastic as ones by Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban and…

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Benjamin Netanyahu and Volodymyr Zelenskyy were among the world leaders who offered early congratulations to Republican candidate Donald Trump.

Hungary's prime minister hails a "much-needed victory for the world", and France's president said it would work with him "with respect and ambition".

Leaders praise the Republican’s comeback.

The warning came on Sunday from close Putin crony Dmitry Medvedev, formerly Russian president and his country's longest-serving prime minister, now deputy ahead of the Kremlin's security council