The Philippines had the golden opportunity to recalibrate its FOREIGN POLICIES AND THE UNEQUAL LIKE RELATIONSHIP w America due to DUTERTE'S forcible realignment when he was in power for essentially using/luring China as a counter-balance and corrupting/corrosive AMERICAN influence in the Philippines with almost nothing to show for it, except, OFW with your average FILIPINOS wanting to transfer to America in droves. While the elites/oligarchs park their money in the west, along with their interests leaving the Philippines economy as a laggard amongst ASEAN despite what western propagandists (Forbes, Economist) were saying otherwise during Aquino Jr. term in office.
As for the situation with China, Marcos Jr. approach changes depending on where or how strong the wind blows. It's like he really wants his cake and eat them too. One moment, he stupidly and publicly congratulated the recent Taiwanese president which caused great anger from China, then he weaseled himself by stating also very publicly that TAIWAN IS A PROVINCE OF THE P.R.C. which am sure made America and Taiwan very unhappy. The guy is being pulled at every direction and he's ending up passing everyone off, which probably includes his wife and maybe that's why he took her to the recent COLDPLAY concert thereby creating another headache for himself and his government.
The man is a rudeness, unprincipled dunce with no backbone. He's only going to cause more polarization and pitting people that are Pro and Anti Marcos/Duterte loyalists and for what?