Philippines is more committed to war with China than Taiwan is. US has very firm puppet there, and they are choosing self destruction instead of trade with China. They just got rewarded with 17% US tariffs yesterday. Canada, as complete crackhead response to attack from US, made a defense pact with Philippines.
This propaganda was certainly published prior to tariffs.
China bullies the Philippines every day, how can you considering having a trading partner like that? Chinese ships are attacking Philippines fishers too.
Philippines provocation at US puppetry request. Military base giveaways are not good for your health. Like all wars, US direct provocation by bribing a proxy puppet. Hopefully for Philippines, extreme anger at their corrupt evil government topples it unless it changes to the right course.
Seriously, if China doesn't use the current state the US are in, then I dint know what they are waiting for. I wouldn't be surprised if this goes down this year. What a shitty timeline.
Prepare for the semiconductor drought of the late 2020s, and looots of greedflation.
They're not waiting, they're preparing. They're currently happily building navy and air force bases on "contested" islands in the South China Sea and nobody, not Biden, not Trump, is stopping them.
What they're doing is commonly called encirclement.