Trump says he and Pence have talked to 29 foreign leaders. Here they are.Politico, Nov. 17, 2016, Matthew Nussbaum
Donald Trump and Mike Pence on Wednesday provided a list of 28 foreign heads of state (plus the the Secretary General of the United Nations) that they've spoken with since last the election.
The release comes after a story published Wednesday morning by the New York Times said foreign leaders were "scrambling to figure out how and when to contact Mr. Trump.” Trump took to Twitter to push back on that account.
Here is the list of leaders Trump and Pence have spoken with, provided by the transition:
•President of Argentina, Mauricio Macri
•Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, Malcolm Turnbull
•Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau
•President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping
•President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
•President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
•Prime Minister of Denmark, Lars Løkke Rasmussen
•Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Dr. Angela Merkel
•President of France, François Hollande
•Prime Minister of Ireland, Enda Kenny
•Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu
•Prime Minister of Italy, Matteo Renzi
•Prime Minister of Japan, Shinzō Abe
•King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan
•Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Al Hariri
•President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto
•Prime Minister of New Zealand, John Key
•His Highness Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani of Qatar
•Prime Minister of the Republic of India, Narendra Modi
•President of the Republic of Korea, Park Geun-hye
•President of the Republic of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
•President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin
•King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia
•Prime Minister of Turkey, Binali Yildirim
•President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko
•President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi, H.H. Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan
•Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
•Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May
•Secretary General to the United Nations, Ban Ki-moon
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