What world leaders thought of Biden’s Nato summit performance

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir said repeatedly during the summit that the US president had achieved much to be proud of there, and was “across all the detail”.

On Friday he added: “We’ve been through two days of this council and come to a very good outcome… And I think he should be given credit for that.”

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said it was a privilege and a pleasure to work with Mr Biden.

“[Biden’s] depth of experience, his thoughtfulness, his steadfastness on the greatest issues and challenges of our time is a credit to the work that we’re all doing together,” he said, quoted by CBC.

Polish President Andrzej Duda, seen as being close to former President Trump, said, quoted by AFP: “I talked with President Biden, and there is no doubt that everything is ok.”

Meanwhile Finnish President Alexander Stubb combined a defence of Mr Biden with fears about the atmosphere in the US elections.

“I have absolutely no concern about the capacity of the current president of the United States to lead his country and to lead our fight for Ukraine and to lead Nato,” he said, quoted by AFP.

“The only thing I’m worried about is that the political climate in the United States right now is too toxic, is very polarised, and that doesn’t leave enough room for a civilised and constructive debate.”

Not all Nato leaders were prepared to weigh in on behalf of Mr Biden, though.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán reportedly made almost no comments to the media in Washington.

Instead he left immediately after the end of the summit for Mar-a-Lago, Mr Trump’s Florida residence, where the two men talked about the war in Ukraine.

“We discussed ways to make peace,” Mr Orbán said on social media. “The good news of the day: he’s going to solve it!”