Despite the Iran war fuel crisis, Donald Trump remains a popular figure in the Philippines, with public ire focused on President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and his administration for failing to control rising fuel costs.

Even as the Philippines thrashes through the throes of an energy crisis born of the Iran war, Filipinos themselves largely appear uninterested in blaming the man who started it. Instead of Donald Trump, public ire has instead coalesced around Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jnr and his administration for failing to quell soaring prices. Fuel costs have rocketed across the archipelago since the United States and Israel first struck Iran on February 28, following the near-total closure of...