It's understandable that other countries may not understand Donald Trump, but we, as citizens of the United States, do. In order to help the world, we must first help ourselves. Donald Trump said this when asked about helping other countries, hebsaid "we need to fix what's going on here at home, then we can start helping others." My advice to other countries like the Philippines is to wait and see what he does. It is not the same administration he had the first time. This time, we have real leadership. I have to say Richard, if you were a citizen of the United States, you would be considered a leftist and anti-America. Just from your opinions of the United States. As a fil-am, I can safely say that this new administration is far better for the Philippines than the outgoing one. The majority of the Filipinos voted for Trump, and trust me, all the while, our homeland was in our minds when we made the decision to vote for him. Give Trump a chance and let's see where we are at in 4 years.
As long as china doesn't exceed its claim on Philippine EEZ on WPS there is no problem at all between PH and china relationship. Though the Philippine is weak country but it doesn't mean that it will let other countries bullied and take what they want to take. Philippines is only defending its rights and no one dictates Philippines action on WPS. The reason why Philippine sided to USA is to increase its power and to have a power to fight back against if there are intruders on the said country.
@@julioduan7130 clearly you’re not very well educated about this issue. Go thru an honest, true, legitimate research. Don’t take sides, find out a legit facts to rightfully educate yourself before your mouth !!!!
@@julioduan7130 1. look at the world map. see how close these areas are to the Philippines. 2. there are no chinese cities or people in these areas, only chinese vessels and mavy. 3. Filipino fishermen for centuries have fish in these areas with their wooden boats. 4. chinese navy blocks the Filipinos fishermen. 5. chinese navy is stronger than Philippines defense. 6. chinese aggression is the root cause of all trouble in the ASEAN waters.
This is the Richard Heydarian that I used to love. Commanding but ofjective on geopolitical issues. Not the "Vlogger" who is just trying to appease his viewers, corny, pa-cute, and whatnot.
excellent interview, mr. long laid out a convincing structure on how ASEAN could look like moving forward. We should definitely negotiate and create rules on how multinationals and superpowers operate in our region. "strategic autonomy/ collective action"
As if we had a choice. Even if, we align ourselves with China. We would still lose our western EEZ. Both China and the U.S. could fight for supremacy here but the fact still remains that the Philippines is more concerned with our own national interest rather than the US-China power struggle. Our EEZ comes first. We would lose more if we aligned ourselves with China. That's why I like the approach of Pres. Marcos with regards to the WPS. To keep American presence there to a bare minimum. So far, I haven't seen the Americans offer the Philippines with a more potent defence package. I'm not asking for freebies but it would greatly help if they could provide us with a much friendlier financing schemes for Multirole fighters, Ships and Missile launchers. American support is pretty lukewarm IMHO.
This guy is delusional he talk too much! But never been employed in govt as diplomat just assumed being a geopolitics expert he keep talking not a good listener.....
Your guest sounds very knowledgeable and capable, but he does not seem to be capable of distinguishing between isolationism and non-interventionism. That is a very common problem with geopolitical commentators, at their own loss to live oblivious to their own ignorance in that matter. But it is our loss too. Why is it so hard for these neo-Globalists to understand such simple distinctions. If only Trump was a non-interventionist purist, but he is not consistent.
In most cases being a “fence-sitter” could make sense in situations where the choices are “equally” good (or bad). However, the geopolitical battle between China and US, there’s only one side who trustworthy enough. China has been underhanded with all of its dealings. Let’s not look far, Duterte has been pro-China … they could have stopped these underhanded tactics and just become benevolent. Look where it got us, erosion of control of WPS, more belligerent China. They had us with a joint exploration but what did we get corrupted seismic data for recto bank?? I am not saying this because the US did right by us, I know that America had a lot of mistakes. So the choice between certainty of losing and uncertainty of winning Lastly, Billy Graham once said, there once was a man who wore blue coat and grey trousers in the hope of surviving the US Civil war … in the end both side shot him!!! Moral of the story, fence-sitting especially in this Power play between China and US the choice is clear, we should side with the US.
Philippines is the only former Colony of the USA and it is the weakest former colony compared to how the British, French, and Dutch left their former colonies.
Nah … i don’t believe that. Look at the former colonies in western asia, central africa and south & central america’s … they are very poor compared to the philippines
Im glad that this French sounding Equadorian clarified some definitions of terms which are usually being conflated even to some analysts. Im just a little bit lost when he desperately put most of the blame to outside forces regarding the plight of Venezuela instead of its failed marxian policies.
Hindi,. Yan pa ba ang iniisip nyo sinakop na talaga tayo ng china may mga tinayo na nga silang mga gusali o facilities sa mga isla sa west Philippine sea, kung ano man ang intention ng us basta mag-focus na lng ang gobyerno sa pagprotekta sa ating teritoryo🤷
WHAT BEING USED ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS ISSUE OF NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE PHILIPPINES SINCE THIS IS THE WEST PH SEA.. AS A FILIPINO, YOU HAVE THE DUTY TO DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY OR NATIONAL INTEREST FROM THIEVES, EXTERNAL THREATS LIKE CHINA. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE U.S.. INVOLVEMENT, THEN LEARN TO DEFEND AND FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. BE WILLING TO DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
hindi mo yata alam na di lang china at pilipinas ang umaankin sa mga isla sa spratly, nandyan ang malaysia, vietnam, brunei at taiwan. tayo lang ang maingay dahil utos ng ating colonial master.
The Philippines must and can strengthen its ties - commercial, cultural, political, diplomatic, financial, military - with the Southeast Asian neighbor countries and carry forward the ASEAN Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality. Through this alliance, issues with China, US and other big nations asserting domination in the area can be resolved properly. ASEAN countries who are peace-loving work out a way to forward their prosperity and set the stage of peace in the world. Philippines must start distancing from a collapsing US.
It's understandable that other countries may not understand Donald Trump, but we, as citizens of the United States, do. In order to help the world, we must first help ourselves. Donald Trump said this when asked about helping other countries, hebsaid "we need to fix what's going on here at home, then we can start helping others."
My advice to other countries like the Philippines is to wait and see what he does. It is not the same administration he had the first time. This time, we have real leadership.
I have to say Richard, if you were a citizen of the United States, you would be considered a leftist and anti-America. Just from your opinions of the United States. As a fil-am, I can safely say that this new administration is far better for the Philippines than the outgoing one. The majority of the Filipinos voted for Trump, and trust me, all the while, our homeland was in our minds when we made the decision to vote for him. Give Trump a chance and let's see where we are at in 4 years.
Great discussion and takeaways based on the analysis!
Great and thought provoking conversation!
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Hope you could also discuss the Japanese and Korean perspectives seeing that they are in the same side as we are re MDT with the US. Thanks.
As long as china doesn't exceed its claim on Philippine EEZ on WPS there is no problem at all between PH and china relationship. Though the Philippine is weak country but it doesn't mean that it will let other countries bullied and take what they want to take. Philippines is only defending its rights and no one dictates Philippines action on WPS. The reason why Philippine sided to USA is to increase its power and to have a power to fight back against if there are intruders on the said country.
How are you Filipinos so sure that it’s China which is invading Philippine EEZ, not that Philippines is occupying Chinese territories?
@@julioduan7130 clearly you’re not very well educated about this issue. Go thru an honest, true, legitimate research. Don’t take sides, find out a legit facts to rightfully educate yourself before your mouth !!!!
@@julioduan7130 1. look at the world map. see how close these areas are to the Philippines. 2. there are no chinese cities or people in these areas, only chinese vessels and mavy. 3. Filipino fishermen for centuries have fish in these areas with their wooden boats. 4. chinese navy blocks the Filipinos fishermen. 5. chinese navy is stronger than Philippines defense. 6. chinese aggression is the root cause of all trouble in the ASEAN waters.
@@rr-ricky Territory is not determined by distance.
@@julioduan7130 there are no chinese in these waters. chinese expansion is a threat for World Peace.
This is the Richard Heydarian that I used to love. Commanding but ofjective on geopolitical issues. Not the "Vlogger" who is just trying to appease his viewers, corny, pa-cute, and whatnot.
Do not underestimate the Philippines.
It is more dangerous to be in both sides cause they will spit you out of their mouth. You either hot or cold.
excellent interview, mr. long laid out a convincing structure on how ASEAN could look like moving forward. We should definitely negotiate and create rules on how multinationals and superpowers operate in our region. "strategic autonomy/ collective action"
we can make all the rules we want with the asean, but will china follow them?
Magandang usapan, bihasa talaga yung panauhin
As if we had a choice. Even if, we align ourselves with China. We would still lose our western EEZ. Both China and the U.S. could fight for supremacy here but the fact still remains that the Philippines is more concerned with our own national interest rather than the US-China power struggle. Our EEZ comes first. We would lose more if we aligned ourselves with China. That's why I like the approach of Pres. Marcos with regards to the WPS. To keep American presence there to a bare minimum. So far, I haven't seen the Americans offer the Philippines with a more potent defence package. I'm not asking for freebies but it would greatly help if they could provide us with a much friendlier financing schemes for Multirole fighters, Ships and Missile launchers. American support is pretty lukewarm IMHO.
This guy is delusional he talk too much! But never been employed in govt as diplomat just assumed being a geopolitics expert he keep talking not a good listener.....
Your guest sounds very knowledgeable and capable, but he does not seem to be capable of distinguishing between isolationism and non-interventionism. That is a very common problem with geopolitical commentators, at their own loss to live oblivious to their own ignorance in that matter. But it is our loss too. Why is it so hard for these neo-Globalists to understand such simple distinctions.
If only Trump was a non-interventionist purist, but he is not consistent.
Multilateralism amongst countries only happened after devastating wars, so your climate multilateralism will probably happen the same way
In most cases being a “fence-sitter” could make sense in situations where the choices are “equally” good (or bad). However, the geopolitical battle between China and US, there’s only one side who trustworthy enough. China has been underhanded with all of its dealings. Let’s not look far, Duterte has been pro-China … they could have stopped these underhanded tactics and just become benevolent. Look where it got us, erosion of control of WPS, more belligerent China. They had us with a joint exploration but what did we get corrupted seismic data for recto bank?? I am not saying this because the US did right by us, I know that America had a lot of mistakes. So the choice between certainty of losing and uncertainty of winning
Lastly, Billy Graham once said, there once was a man who wore blue coat and grey trousers in the hope of surviving the US Civil war … in the end both side shot him!!! Moral of the story, fence-sitting especially in this Power play between China and US the choice is clear, we should side with the US.
remember what happened in iraq? hahahahaha
Philippines is the only former Colony of the USA and it is the weakest former colony compared to how the British, French, and Dutch left their former colonies.
Nah … i don’t believe that.
Look at the former colonies in western asia, central africa and south & central america’s … they are very poor compared to the philippines
Who claim the the philippine territory US or China ?
both
Im glad that this French sounding Equadorian clarified some definitions of terms which are usually being conflated even to some analysts. Im just a little bit lost when he desperately put most of the blame to outside forces regarding the plight of Venezuela instead of its failed marxian policies.
Hindi,. Yan pa ba ang iniisip nyo sinakop na talaga tayo ng china may mga tinayo na nga silang mga gusali o facilities sa mga isla sa west Philippine sea, kung ano man ang intention ng us basta mag-focus na lng ang gobyerno sa pagprotekta sa ating teritoryo🤷
Philippines could end up the Ukraine of Asia
Already was WW2
Its pretty obvious that Philippines was being used
WHAT BEING USED ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT? THIS ISSUE OF NATIONAL INTEREST OF THE PHILIPPINES SINCE THIS IS THE WEST PH SEA.. AS A FILIPINO, YOU HAVE THE DUTY TO DEFEND YOUR COUNTRY OR NATIONAL INTEREST FROM THIEVES, EXTERNAL THREATS LIKE CHINA. IF YOU DON'T WANT THE U.S.. INVOLVEMENT, THEN LEARN TO DEFEND AND FIGHT FOR YOUR COUNTRY. BE WILLING TO DIE FOR YOUR COUNTRY.
hindi mo yata alam na di lang china at pilipinas ang umaankin sa mga isla sa spratly, nandyan ang malaysia, vietnam, brunei at taiwan. tayo lang ang maingay dahil utos ng ating colonial master.
@@fkoff7649coz your blind 😂
@@LrD_GrM do you consider yourself enlightened then? by whom?
2 fishermen already been killed by chinese cargo ship
marcos just picked a fight with malaysia hahahaha. war on two fronts filipinos.
Malaysia is submissive dont dream😂
What fight? Marcos and Anwar have been close for more than 25 years. They are best friends
No war there
@@RodrigoJ-x4l not anymore marcos extended their claim to include sabah.
The Philippines must and can strengthen its ties - commercial, cultural, political, diplomatic, financial, military - with the Southeast Asian neighbor countries and carry forward the ASEAN Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality. Through this alliance, issues with China, US and other big nations asserting domination in the area can be resolved properly. ASEAN countries who are peace-loving work out a way to forward their prosperity and set the stage of peace in the world. Philippines must start distancing from a collapsing US.