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pokoko said:

It's not very smart to cause US businesses and investors to reconsider moving into or expanding operations in the region, or even think about relocation.  They add billions to the economy.  A lot of CEOs and board members probably spent a lot of time on conference calls over this and I'm not sure they're just going to laugh it off.

Kerotan said:

Good to hear some first hand opinion from thr country.  Sounds like the western media blowing everything out of proportion as usual. 

No, it doesn't.  He said one thing then got back home and said another.  

Actually, he said one thing and then said another and then came back to the first thing he said.

But the first one he said about not breaking the alliances was never published outside of social media and he made it worse by saying SEPARATION then comes home and said it's different from SEVER which is technically the same because it's a Synonym.

But the US chamber of commerce here in the Philippines echoed the same sentiments everybody has cutting ties with the US is not gonna happen. The US is our 2nd biggest trade partner (China first) and Duterte said so himself that the alliance with the US is binding under our constitution and he was not about to break it.

but he just had to go off script and caused CONFUSIONISM again. Worse he's not gonna change how he speaks.

He's both saving us and killing us at the same time. I guess balance is the key to everything.