Trump assures Marcos: PH’s South China Sea concerns to be ‘taken up’ with Xi Jinping
Former US President Donald Trump assured Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. that he would 'take up the concerns of the Philippines' with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid ongoing water cannon incidents against Philippine vessels in the South China Sea.
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