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Claim: US President-elect Donald Trump invited the Duterte family to his inauguration in January 2025.
Rating: FALSE
Why we fact-checked this: The X (formerly Twitter) account “@almhel” posted a photo on December 26 with text stating that the Duterte family was invited to Trump’s inauguration in January.
As of writing, it has gained 23,000 views, 367 likes, 71 quotes and retweets, and 34 replies. The X post was made after a series of videos uploaded to TikTok in November 2024 claimed that Trump had invited former president Rodrigo Duterte to his proclamation. One of the videos features screenshots of news articles about the White House invite.
The posts suggest that Trump had opted not to invite incumbent Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and instead invited his predecessor.
The facts: Trump has not invited the Dutertes to his upcoming inauguration as US president.
The root of the claim stemmed from old articles from 2017 back when Duterte was still Philippine president. In April 2017, then-president Trump invited Duterte to the White House during a phone call where the two discussed concerns related to Southeast Asia’s regional security, including the threat posed by North Korea, according to the White House’s 2017 statement.
“President Trump also invited President Duterte to the White House to discuss the importance of the United States-Philippines alliance, which is now heading in a very positive direction,” the statement added.
Despite the invitation, Duterte did not visit the White House during his term.
Additionally, the photo used in the misleading posts showing Trump and Duterte shaking hands was not taken recently but was from the 31st Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit in Manila in November 2017.
Trump’s inauguration: Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20 following his defeat of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris in the November 2024 presidential election.
The Associated Press reported that Trump had invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders to attend his inauguration. No head of state has previously been invited to the US presidential inauguration.
Philippine Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez will represent the Philippines during Trump’s inauguration. – Lyndee Buenagua/Rappler.com
Lyndee Buenagua is a third year college student and campus journalist from the University of the Philippines Baguio. The former editor-in-chief of Highland 360, a Baguio-based publication, she is also an Aries Rufo Journalism fellow of Rappler for 2024.
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