Åkesson to Trump: “Support for both Ukraine and Israel needs to be strengthened”

Published 6 November 2024 at 13.00

Domestic. The leader of the Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Åkesson, does not directly express any great enthusiasm when he comments on Donald Trump's election victory in the United States. He states, however, that the calm election process is “a message of strength from the West”.

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After Donald Trump was declared the winner in the US presidential election, the Sweden Democrats' party leader comments Jimmie Åkesson now the result on social media.

According to Åkesson, the fact that the election was able to be carried out in such a calm manner is a “message of strength from the West” and “a victory for democracy”.

The SD leader points out that the American election probably reflected the actual political proposals and wallet issues that influenced voters, rather than “strong slogans, fuzzy visions and scaremongering”.

“The Sweden Democrats have been clear about not taking a stand for any of the candidates, not least to emphasize that the election is in the hands of the American citizens,” he writes.

A message of strength from the West

Donald Trump and the Republicans win the election in the USA.
The Sweden Democrats have been clear about not taking a stand for any of the candidates, not least to emphasize that the election is in the hands of the American citizens. Now the voters have…

— Jimmie Åkesson (@jimmieakesson) November 6, 2024

Åkesson also underlines the importance of strong cooperation between Sweden, Europe and the US to face common security threats such as Russia, China, Iran and North Korea.< /p>

Finally, Jimmie Åkesson has a greeting for Trump regarding the major wars going on in the world:

“The support for both Ukraine and Israel needs to be robust and in the future strengthened.”

Donald Trump has previously promised to end the war in Ukraine as soon as he is elected, while SD instead wants the war to continue. On the other hand, Trump has shown a support for Israel that can be considered extremely strong even by American politicians' standards.

Has radiated unpredictability and ambiguity
SD's foreign policy spokesperson Aron Emilsson expressed concern about Trump's election victory and the future of “the rules-based world order” when he was interviewed about the US presidential election in SVT.

– There Trump has radiated more unpredictability and ambiguity than Kamala Harris has, says Aron Emilsson .

SD and Aron Emilsson are concerned about Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election.
SD is a rotten party. Stop voting for them. pic.twitter.com/arDveCzOX5

— Roland X ❤️🇸🇪🇷🇺💪 (@RolandXSweden) November 6, 2024