This is the fifth and final episode in a series regarding America's history with its first colony, the Philippines.  The Philippines gained its independence in the wake of WWII, but remained close allies until the rise of Rodrigo Duterte, a firebrand populist who centered a violent war on drugs at the heart of his agenda.  Written before the election of Donald Trump to a second non-consecutive term, this episode looks at the parallel's between Duterte's demonization against drug users and the way that the GOP talks about illegal migrants in the US.

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