An election defeat for Donald Trump would mean other leaders also lose out https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
No relationship with the U.S. changed more under Trump than North Korea’s.

What began with mutual threats and insults, morphed into meeting Kim Jong Un three times and exchanging more than two dozen letters https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
The Saudi Crown Prince made big gains, above all Trump’s withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, his country’s mortal rival.

Trump offered support and vetoed sanctions when MBS was besieged by allegations he’d ordered Jamal Khashoggi's murder https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
If anyone relies more on Trump than MBS for political protection, it’s Turkey.

Trump has stood virtually alone between Turkey and the imposition of congressional sanctions over Erdogan’s decision to buy Russia’s S-400 air defense missile system https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
Trump has been more aggressive on China than any U.S. president in recent memory, slapping tariffs on goods and moving to restrict its access to key technologies.

Yet Chinese officials have said on balance the leadership would prefer Trump to stay https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 election produced a formal U.S. investigation and 448-page report.

Though Putin arguably hit the jackpot since Trump questioned NATO's value and the status of countries like Germany as allies https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
For Brazil’s president, Trump is a political soul mate.

As U.S. opinion polls have turned for Biden, Jair Bolsonaro has grown increasingly concerned for the future of his ties with the White House, according to a senior cabinet member https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
Trump helped boost Benjamin Netanyahu’s nationalist agenda, recognizing Israeli sovereignty in the disputed Golan Heights and moving the American embassy to Jerusalem.

He also brokered normalization deals between Israel, United Arab Emirates and Bahrain https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
Outsiders among more liberal European heads of state, the leaders of Poland and Hungary have found solace in Trump.

Andrzej Duda and Viktor Orban share Trump’s disdain for political correctness in ways that could cause friction with Biden https://bloom.bg/37vpLCy 
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