Why not?
The Philippines used to be a Spanish colony, and it became an American colony after some old war.
The age of decolonization kind of ended around 65 years ago when everyone broke free and declared independence in Africa.
But the American military remained in the Philippines due to the threat of communism. The original Cold War ended 30 years ago.
Americans are still there in the Philippines with their military. For what exactly?
Now we are going to see Filipino leadership who detests the Americans.
Also, they will look to China for more investment.
Everyone can see which direction the wind is blowing.
In the old days, when confronted with a political situation like this, the CIA will go back into its bag of tricks and do that coup thingy again.