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Added on the 27/02/2022 02:28:25 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
While President Donald Trump busies himself with his apoplectic rejection of Joe Biden as president-elect, world leaders have swiftly moved on. In a sign of Biden's legitimacy, leaders of major democracies have stepped up to congratulate the President-elect Joe Biden in recent days. Doubtless salt to his wound, Trump's favorite network--Fox News--and media outlets across the board have also declared Biden the projected winner of the election. Business Insider reports that as a whole, EU leaders and even Israel and Turkey have congratulated Biden. Only Russia's Vladimir Putin, China's Xi Xing Ping, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro have yet to join in.
Leaders shake hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on the last day of the annual NATO summit in Watford. IMAGES
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says it's "not smart" for rival Hillary Clinton to speak badly of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Sweden joining NATO shows Russian President Vladimir Putin "failed" in his Ukrainian war strategy of weakening the alliance, its chief Jens Stoltenberg says. The Kremlin's invasion not only prompted formerly non-aligned nations Sweden and Finland to come under NATO's defence umbrella, but now "Ukraine is closer to NATO membership than ever before," Stoltenberg adds. SOUNDBITE
"NATO cannot be an alliance a la carte," EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell says after Donald Trump downplayed his commitment to the bloc's security umbrella in Europe should he become US president again. SOUNDBITE
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