“President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has made the [Philippines] the US’ certified vassal.. We’re now Asia’s Ukraine.
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Unlike our political-economic elite and even our Congress, half of whom I estimate have houses in the US and Spain, my family and I are stuck here in an unlucky country ravaged by an uncaring ruling class. Indeed, a top-ranking Marcos official who has been the No. 1 spokesman against China late last year made a down payment for an apartment in New York.”
https://rigobertotiglao.com/2024/04/10/were-now-the-us-puppet-state-and-a-boiling-frog/