As President Do-dirty imposes repression on the Philippines, including imprisonment of officials and journalists, US aid to the military and thugs fuels the repression.

I think there are good reasons to support the Philippines in confronting Chinese maritime expansionism. China is more repressive than Do-dirty, and more likely to export repression. The kind of military support that helps resist China is mostly different from what is useful for repression. Perhaps it is possible to do the former and cut off the latter.