Leaders Slowest to Congratulate Biden May Be His Biggest Worries
People celebrate as President-elect Joe Biden is declared the winner of the U.S. presidential election, in New York, U.S., on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2020.
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While congratulations have flowed in from around the world for Democrat Joe Biden in his victory over Republican President Donald Trump, some world leaders have been conspicuously quiet.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping are among the heads of state who still haven’t sent warm wishes to Biden more than a day after he claimed victory and promised a return to a more values-based foreign policy. That silence says as much about the diplomatic challenges facing Biden as it does the unconventional approach of Trump.