The orange bastard thinks Junior is one and the same, except Junior is more of a Marcos family nerd of sorts, while his sister Imee is now also his archenemy and allied to Duterte, and happens to inherit much more of her father’s egomania.

Nonetheless, they are both successful beneficiaries of mass disinformation and hatred. The thing is, however, in terms of political stability the Philippines now seems a lot milder compared to the mounting ongoing oppression in the US.

source: https://bsky.app/profile/nycsouthpaw.bsky.social/post/3luob4ojgr22n

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      Bongbong is a nickname, and a kind of clunky one in English (rolls off the tongue in Tagalog). His name is Ferdinand Marcos Jr.