In his Facebook post, Najib said that both of them engaged in a very warm and productive telephone conversation earlier yesterday. “I congratulated him on his election victory, and we agreed to further strengthen US-Malaysia ties,” said Najib, adding that it was “great to reconnect with Trump following his outstanding win”. Republican Trump, 70, defeated Democrat Hillary Clinton in the presidential race earlier this month to become the 45th president of the United States. Their winning partnership was the setting for the much-talked about photograph of Najib and the president-elect, which Trump had signed, describing Najib as his “favourite Prime Minister”. Trump had autographed the memento of their golf encounter with the phrase: “To my favourite Prime Minister.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 28, 2016 02:52 UTC