Marcos hails Trump inauguration, eyes collaboration

Newly elected 47th US President Donald Trump (L) and President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. | PHOTOS: Official Facebook pages of Donald Trump and Bongbong Marcos

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday congratulated newly sworn-in US President Donald Trump and expressed eagerness to work with his administration.

Trump was sworn in as the 47th president of the US on January 20 (US time).

“Congratulations to POTUS @realdonaldtrump and to the American people on another peaceful transfer of power in their Nation’s nearly 250-year history. I look forward to working closely with you and your Administration,” Marcos said in a statement.

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“The strong and lasting PH-US alliance will continue to uphold our shared vision of prosperity and security in the region,” he added.

Last November 19, Marcos had a “friendly” and “productive” call with Trump, where he expressed the Philippines’ desire to further deepen its ties with the US.

“It was a very good call, it was a very friendly call, very productive. And I’m glad I was able to do it. I think President-elect Trump was happy to hear from the Philippines,” Marcos said in an ambush interview in Virac, Catanduanes.

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“We continued to talk about the relationship between…the alliance between the US and the Philippines, and I expressed to him our continuing desire to strengthen that relationship between our two countries, which is a relationship that is as deep as it could possibly be,” Marcos also said.