As the prospect of a Trump presidency inches closer, foreign leaders with vested interests in the U.S. as an interventionist global power meekly stamping its approval on every plank of the globalist project are beginning to sweat.

Government officials from numerous countries — and influential businessmen and political advisers from many more — have voiced concerns publicly and privately about a potential Trump presidency.

“Russia is open to the idea of a Trump presidency for the exact same reason that it fills Western, pro-globalization Establishment politicians with dread.”

These countries would much prefer a Hillary Clinton presidency — indeed, many have donated to the Clinton Foundation — and the business-as-usual Establishment politics she represents.

Take Saudi Arabia, which has donated tens of millions of dollars to the Clinton Foundation. Trump has indicated he would stop purchasing oil from the Saudis unless they take a more active role in fighting ISIS, and has criticized them for not taking in Syrian refugees. But it was Trump’s comments on a potential Muslim ban which created the most concern among the Saudis.

“For the life of me, I cannot believe that a country like the United States can afford to have someone as president who simply says, ‘These people are not going to be allowed to come to the United States,'” said Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former ambassador to the U.S. At the time, Trump himself was quick to point out that the Saudis have banned Syrian refugees due to security concerns.

Despite their unwillingness to take in refugees, the radical Salafist Saudi regime has eagerly poured millions of dollars into building mosques for the hundreds of thousands of Muslims newly arrived in Europe.

Given Trump’s consistent criticism of China’s trade policies throughout his campaign, it’s hardly surprising that the Chinese are also nervous about a potential Trump presidency. While the Chinese have not issued any public warnings or criticisms about Trump nearly as direct as some of America’s Western “allies,” they have certainly hinted they would certainly prefer another president.

“Since it belongs to the domestic affair of the U.S., I am not going to make comments on specific remarks by the relevant candidate,” said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying in February. However “the sustained, sound, and steady growth of China-U.S. relations serves the fundamental and long-term interests of the two countries and benefits the world,” she added.

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“We hope and believe that the U.S. government will pursue a positive policy toward China in a responsible manner.” Interestingly, the Clinton Foundation has effectively received indirect donations from the Chinese government, given the close relationship between “private” Chinese companies and the Communist government. In 2013 Rilin Enterprises, a Chinese company with direct ties to the Chinese government, gave $2 million to the Clinton Foundation.

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Trump has also received a fair amount of criticism from the U.K., being attacked by both Prime Minister David Cameron and newly elected Mayor of London Sadiq Khan. Cameron famously called Trump’s proposed Muslim ban “stupid, divisive, and wrong,” while Khan recently called Trump’s approach to Islam “ignorant.”

“Donald Trump’s ignorant view of Islam could make both our countries less safe,” claimed Khan. “It risks alienating mainstream Muslims around the world and plays into the hands of the extremists,” Khan added. But Khan himself is associated with extremist Islam. He has close personal ties to Islamic extremists and has defended others — including 9/11 terrorist Zacarias Moussaoui — in court.

While Khan’s sympathy towards the sorts of radical Muslims from whom Trump would like to protect the United States is likely the source of Khan’s reservations about Trump, Cameron’s come from another place entirely.

The prime minister is trying desperately to keep his country in the European Union, an anti-democratic, de facto superstate loved by the global financial elite but loathed by pretty much everyone else in Europe. The last thing Cameron wants to see is a president of the United States whose natural sympathies appear to lie with the “Brexit” side — those who favor the U.K.’s exit from the E.U.

It seems one of the few countries which isn’t dreading the prospect of a President Trump is Russia. In December 2015, Vladimir Putin called Trump “a very colorful and talented man,” and the Russian government is understandably happy about the prospect of an American president who will approach international affairs with a healthy dose of realpolitik, as opposed to ideologically motivated interventionism.

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Trump “has expressed his willingness to negotiate with the Russian president and not be in conflict with us like the current administration,” noted Aleksey Pushkov, head of the Foreign Affairs Committee in the Russia’s State Duma.

Indeed, Pushkov’s words reveal that Russia is open to the idea of a Trump presidency for the exact same reason that it fills Western, pro-globalization Establishment politicians with dread.

“He looks much less ideologically biased than Obama,” explained Pushkov. “He’s a businessman and he looks at everything like a succession of business deals.”

“This isn’t the worst approach, if you compare it with the fundamentalist approach of the Bush and Obama administrations, who have destroyed regions and peoples in the name of liberal chimeras and pseudo-values.”