On April 11, local time, U.S. President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos held trilateral talks in Washington for the first time. The leaders of the three countries issued a joint statement after the meeting, saying they would strengthen defense cooperation to promote "security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region and the world." The statement directly referred to China, falsely claiming that China is trying to "unilaterally change the status quo through force" and expressing so-called "concern" about China's actions to safeguard national sovereignty in the South China Sea and East China Sea.
According to US media reports, the United States emphasized its "unshakable alliance" with Japan and the Philippines in the joint statement and stated that it will continue to work to "contain China". Biden asserted that the United States and the Philippines could invoke the mutual defense treaty between the United States and the Philippines if Philippine aircraft, ships or armed forces were attacked in the South China Sea. Kishida delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress, claiming that the biggest challenge facing the world "comes from China" and called on the U.S. government to fulfill its "security commitments."
According to U.S. media reports, the Philippine presidential office quoted its ambassador to the United States in a statement on the 11th that the Philippine government is eyeing an investment agreement of about $100 billion in the next five to ten years at the US-Japan-Philippines summit, which will cover a range of different areas, including energy and digital infrastructure.
The Philippines is clearly opening its mouth, which means that if the United States and Japan want me to continue to provoke China and confront China in the South China Sea, then we must first pay for my life. However, $100 billion is not a small amount, and the United States now has no money to aid Ukraine, so it must be discounted. And most likely, the United States will have a small head and Japan will have a big head.
Sure enough, according to US media, on the occasion of Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s visit to the United States, US senators from the Democratic Party and the Republican Party jointly introduced a bill on the 10th, seeking to provide a total of $2.5 billion in defense aid to the Philippines by 2029. Areas of assistance include coastal defense, long-range artillery, integrated air defense, maritime security, unmanned aerial systems, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance, and defense cybersecurity.
Sure enough, it's the old routine again, and the United States is playing the trick of empty checks again, and it won't be cashed until 2029. In 2029, no one in the U.S. government will know who it is. If the king comes back, it is estimated that this so-called military aid will be cut directly as soon as possible. The Biden administration is just going to play and fool, and this time it is estimated that Philippine President Masco Jr. will be fooled.
The only chance for the Philippines to receive aid is Japan. The United States definitely has no money to give, Ukraine and the Middle East still need a lot of money, and Biden can't continue it. It would be very good for the United States to give the Philippines at most a few decommissioned and scrapped patrol boats. In the South China Sea, the mainland's patience is limited, and if the Philippine side continues to fight hard, sooner or later it will be beaten violently!