Democrats and the U.S. media love to act as though the entirety of the world is as appalled and frightened as they are of President Donald Trump, but that simply isn't the case, as some world leaders are thrilled that Trump has now replaced former President Joe Biden.

One example is Paraguayan President Santiago Peña, who is looking forward to working cooperatively with Trump and is confident that improved relations will economically boost both nations, according to The Epoch Times.

Peña, one of several right-leaning world leaders invited to attend Trump's inauguration, noted that his South American nation had received little attention and no White House invites from prior Democratic presidents like Biden or Barack Obama despite longstanding friendly ties between the two countries.

Optimistic about strengthened ties to U.S. under Trump

"We have more than 150 years [of] relations between Paraguay and the United States, but I think the next four years will definitely be the highlight," President Peña told The Epoch Times in a Jan. 21 interview. "I think there are great times ahead of us."

Noting the lack of outreach from previous Democratic administrations regardless of the decades of friendly status, he joked of his economically and politically stable nation, "One of our main problems is that we are not a problem."

Peña hopes to improve U.S.-Paraguayan relations even further now under President Trump by encouraging more U.S. investments in his country's growing economy along with increased trade between the two partners.

To be sure, Peña doesn't agree with every move made by Trump -- he was critical of the U.S. withdrawal from the World Health Organization -- but is not offended by and has become more comfortable with Trump's unorthodox style and nationalistic rhetoric, such as the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.

"I have to acknowledge that during the first Trump administration, I did not get many of his strategies; Now I understand it much better," Peña told The Epoch Times. "This idea of national security and national identity and putting America first. So he’s not against Mexico, he’s not against Canada. He’s in favor of Americans, of U.S. citizens … and I think this is a great way of thinking."

Attended the inauguration, "thrilled" about future opportunities

The Associated Press reported that Paraguayan President Peña was one of several world leaders who received an unprecedented invitation to attend the inauguration of the U.S. president, and he jumped at the opportunity to strengthen ties between not just the two nations but more broadly between the U.S. and Latin America.

In addition to the formal inauguration ceremony, Peña also attended the Hispanic Ball, one of several pre-inauguration events, where he was honored as a special guest of incoming Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

According to Bloomberg News, Peña was "thrilled" about President Trump's foreign policy team, which he described as a "dream come true" that created optimism for his nation's future prosperity and relevance in the region.

"It’s a great opportunity for us to advance very, very fast in the bilateral agenda on trade, security, rule of law, and make Paraguay a much closer ally," the president said in a pre-inauguration interview. "One of the biggest challenges for Paraguay was that image of an island surrounded by land, a country that was isolated and not many people know about it."

Paraguay closer to the U.S. than China

Bloomberg noted that Paraguay is one of the few Central and South American nations that has resisted economic overtures from the communist Chinese regime -- indeed, Paraguay still maintains formal friendly relations with the breakaway island nation of Taiwan, which China insists is its territory -- in favor of its closer ties to the U.S.

That actually earned President Peña's nation a positive call out from Secretary Rubio during his Senate confirmation hearings, as the former Florida senator noted all of the nations in the Western Hemisphere that have shifted allegiances toward China but said, "I also think it’s important to recognize allies in the region, like Paraguay, that have not flipped."