As the news surfaced around the world on the outcomes of the 2020 Presidential Election, which saw Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump, this outcome sent shockwaves around the world. These shockwaves were embraced with positivity as it appears that the era of Trumpism in America and its effect on the globe. As many world leaders congratulated the victory for Joe Biden, there are some world leaders that have yet congratulate Mr. Biden on the victory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, North Korea’s Kim Jon Un, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, China’s Xi Jingping, and Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa are among a few names of world leaders that are holding back their recognition as Joe Biden being the President-Elect of the United States. It seems that the primary sentiment among these leaders are the fact that President Trump is going to contest and challenge the results off basis on voter fraud and ballot harvesting in the swing states like Arizona, Pennslyvania, Georgia, Michigan, and other states, despite POTUS having no evidence as of right this moment. There are some like Bolsonaro and Jansa that have associated themselves with Trump, that have seen him as an ally and not an adversary.
This is clearly what I am seeing as a legal challenge to the legitimacy of Biden’s victory as well as a hesitation and a sign of hostility toward working with a Biden Administration. Make no mistake, should Biden clear the legal challenge gauntlet posed by the President, there are three huge issues that he will have to face in terms of the world order: Russia, China, and North Korea. But no mistake, these leaders seem to not look forward to a change of power and seem to like the President, its only a matter of time to see whether its clear and present whether Biden will officially be the new President, and how that will effect the United States and relations with the world and its major global actors.