Philippines Optimistic About US Ties After Call With Trump

Published on November 19, 2024

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told reporters he had a “very friendly” and “very productive” call with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Nov. 19, wherein both leaders expressed their intent to strengthen the alliance between the two countries. “I think President-elect Trump was happy to hear from the Philippines,” said Marcos, who has worked to rebuild the Philippines’ relationship with the United States and has seen stronger ties under the Biden administration. Marcos is the son of former Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos Sr., whose time in office was marked by rebellions by various groups including a newly founded Communist Party of the Philippines that spurred him to declare martial law. In 1986, the family fled to Hawaii with the help of the United States after mass protests ousted Marcos Sr. from his two-decade rule....

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