The exchange of drug bombshells between former President Rodrigo Duterte and current President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. represents a high-stakes gambit: how much will Marcos tolerate verbal abuse and threats from his predecessor? Is Duterte risking irrelevance by making threats that no longer resonate beyond his Davao base? Dr. Aries Arugay analyzes the political chess match and the various other players involved. Links: https://polisci.upd.edu.ph/faculty/arugay/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/aries-arugay-a6a2a629a/?originalSubdomain=ph https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=nKU50MQAAAAJ&hl=en -- Producer: Aubrey Delos Reyes Researcher: Lilian Tiburcio Editor: Jayr Magtoto