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PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump following his victory in the recent election as he expressed optimism for a more fruitful and dynamic partnership between the Philippines and the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n In a statement, President Marcos congratulated both President-elect Trump and the American people, who he said, was triumphant \u201cin an exercise that showed the world the strength of American values\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cWe look forward to working with President Trump on a wide range of issues that will yield mutual benefits for two nations with deep ties, shared beliefs, a common vision, and a long history of working together,\u201d President Marcos said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cI am hopeful that this unshakeable alliance, tested in war and peace, will be a force for good, blazing a path of prosperity and amity in the region and on both sides of the Pacific,\u201d the President added.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Philippines and the US have a strong record of cooperation in areas including defense and security, trade and investment, food and energy security, renewable energy, climate action, digital transformation, infrastructure development, and humanitarian assistance.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n President Marcos reaffirmed the Philippines\u2019 commitment to the longstanding partnership.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n \u201cThis is a durable partnership to which the Philippines is fully committed, because it is founded on the ideals we share: freedom and democracy,\u201d the President said.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n He expressed confidence that Trump\u2019s strong leadership will contribute to a brighter future for both nations.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. congratulated US President-elect Donald Trump following his victory in the recent election as he expressed optimism for a more fruitful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9841,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9840"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9840"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9840\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9842,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9840\/revisions\/9842"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journaldailynewsonline.com.ph\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}