Schoof, Wilders and Rutte congratulate Trump on election victory

Prime minister Dick Schoof and Geert Wilders, leader of the largest Dutch coalition party, have congratulated Donald Trump on becoming the next US president even though the result has yet to be officially declared. Schoof stressed the importance of strong bilateral relations via international organisations such as Nato, where his predecessor Mark Rutte recently took over as secretary-general. “I look forward to our close cooperation on the shared interests between the USA and the Netherlands,” he wrote. Wilders tweeted a...