The Extrajudicial Killings Will Continue Until Morale Improves

To understand Trump’s war on the Constitution, we need to visit the Philippines

And now, it’s time to talk about Rodrigo Duterte.

Who?

As the president of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022, Duterte launched a heavy-handed pogrom against drug dealers in his nation that the current regime in the U.S. seems determined to emulate.

And why not? Duterte’s efforts, which reportedly included enough extrajudicial assassinations in the streets for charges to be brought against him in front of the International Criminal Court, were popular among a large number of Filipino citizens.

It isn’t hard to imagine the mad clown in the Oval Office thinking that he can get his death and hate cult on board with a similar policy in the United States. Who exactly the U.S. regime wants to target isn’t clear aside from “not themselves.” Could be you, could be me. Could be immigrants, but it might be young Black men. Or all of the above.

No matter who the regime’s target is, there’s a template.

Duterte won the presidential election by warning Filipinos that their nation was on the verge of becoming a narco-state. Drugs plagued the country at that time, so the fear-mongering resonated.

He responded to his victory by launching a campaign against drug dealers that included calls for police to shoot drug…