US Allies Japan and South Korea React to Trump’s Presidential Win [Video]

Japan and South Korea have vowed to work with the new administration in the United States as former President Donald Trump is poised to win the election and return to the White House.

Trump, who previously served as a twice-impeached, one-term president from 2017 to 2021, completed the greatest political comeback in modern U.S. history in the early hours of Wednesday, claiming enough votes to defeat Vice President Kamala Harris.

Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, said under Trump’s “strong leadership,” the future of the South Korea-U.S. alliance would shine brighter. “Look forward to working closely with you,” he wrote in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday.

Shigeru Ishiba, who was elected as the prime minister of Japana month ago, told reporters that he hoped to work with Trump to elevate the alliance and the bilateral relations to a higher level. “I will work hard to establish a relationship …