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VP Sara not expecting Marcos to say 'anything favorable' about his father in Trump meeting

Published Jul 23, 2025 12:07 pm
Nothing favorable will be said about her father during President Marcos’ meeting with United States President Donald Trump, Vice President Sara Duterte said on Tuesday, July 22.

President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with United States President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. meets with United States President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Instead, she expects that “unfavorable” things will be said about former president Rodrigo Duterte, who is detained in the Scheveningen Prison in The Hague, Netherlands since being extradited there in March.

“Wala akong expectation. Wala akong expectation na i-bring up niya doon (I don’t have any expectation. I don’t have expectation that he will bring up) anything favorable to former President Rodrigo Duterte,” she said.

“Likely, baka i-bring up niya doon pero ang kanyang sasabihin ay (if he will bring it up there, he’ll say) things that are unfavorable to (former) president Duterte because he will really defend what they did to the former president,” Duterte added.

Marcos and Trump held a meeting at the White House on July 22, where the latter criticized the country’s former administration.

While he did not mention names, the US President said Marcos was not at fault that the Philippines tilted towards China “for a period of time” and “didn't get along with anybody.”

“I just don’t think it would’ve been good for you. You can deal with China, you should deal with China. But when I got elected, everything changed and they came right back to us,” Trump told Marcos.

The Duterte administration pivoted away from the US during its tenure, and threatened to scrap the Mutual Defense Treaty.

"We're back with them. I think I can say that the last administration was not getting along with them too well. They didn't get along with anybody. They didn't know. Honestly, they didn't know what they were doing,” the US President added.

State obligation

Meanwhile, in the same interview in The Hague, the Vice President agreed with the Chinese Ministry of Education’s advisory warning Chinese students studying in the Philippines against frequent crimes and harassment.

“Well, karapa’t dapat lang mag-issue sila dahil may obligasyon yung state (Well, it’s only right for them to issue because the state has an obligation) to protect its citizens wherever they may be found, sa labas man ng China o sa loob ng China (may it be outside or in China),” she said.

“Dapat bigyan nila ng sapat na warning yung kanilang mga citizens para sila naman ay makapaghanda or meron silang magagawa para sa proteksyon ng sarili nila (They should give their citizens ample warning so they can prepare or they can protect themselves),” Duterte added.

In a statement, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) said that the Chinese Ministry of Education mischaracterized the situation in the Philippines.

It also expressed hope that the ministry can correct the advisory after it has reached out to it “through diplomatic channels.”

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