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Trump's Praise
- Rodrigo Duterte, current president of the Philippines, was praised by Donald Trump for his "unbelievable job" on the drug problem.
- Trump joked about Duterte and the Chinese not having drug problems because they "just kill them."
Duterte's Promise
- Duterte promised to kill 3% of the Philippines' population due to drug addiction.
- He openly compared himself to Hitler, stating his willingness to slaughter drug addicts.
US Annexation
- The US annexed the Philippines after the Spanish-American War, claiming a need to "educate, uplift, and Christianize" the Filipinos.
- President McKinley's decision disregarded the Filipinos' established self-governance under Aguinaldo.