SUMMARY

Claim: President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has declared war against China. 

Why we fact-checked this: The video bearing the claim has 7,700 views, 551 likes, and 94 comments. The YouTube page that uploaded the video, which has 216,000 subscribers, is notorious for spreading disinformation.

Text on the video’s thumbnail implies that Marcos has declared war: “PBBM nagdeklara na! Naglabas na ng utos! Lalabanan natin ang China! China nagulantang sa utos!” (PBBM has already made a declaration! Released an order! We will fight China! China was surprised about the order.)

The facts: Marcos did not declare war against China. 

No official sources corroborate the claim and the video does not provide proof to back up this assertion.

The video merely featured a clip from the May 19, 2024 ep…

Source:https://www.rappler.com/newsbreak/fact-check/marcos-jr-did-not-declare-war-against-china-may-2024/