I would ask him about the abandoned U.S. Territory, the oil, gas and mineral-rich Philippines. ‘HERE [S THE PROOF THAT THE PHILIPPINES WAS THE PRINCIPAL SUBJECT OF THE 1998 TREATY OF PARIS. And yet pn and Guamou remain US territories to this day with Puerto Rico holding its SIXTH (6th) referendum on territorial status, independence and statehood last Nov. 3, 2020. ‘While the Philippines HAS NEVER EVER HAD A SINGLE REFERENDUM ON TERRITORIAL STATUS, INDEPENDENCE AND STATEHOOD. 1S THIS NOT DISCRIMINATION? ‘Why not recover US. sovereignty over the Philippine Islands lost when US High Commissioner Paul V McNutt signed the illegitimate Treaty of Manila? What's stopping Washington DC from getting back American soveseignty over an uttely fled state, an abandoned U.S, teritory? TREATY OF PARIS OF 1898 “The American commissioners negotiated in a HOSTILE ATMOSPHERE because ALL EUROPE, except ENGLAND (UK ), was SYMPATHETIC to the SPANISH side, the US. ultimately PAID SPAIN 20 million dollars FOR POSSESSION possession (ownership, title, control, keeping, proprietorship) OF THE ‘PHILIPPINES. The islands of PUERTO RICO en and GUAM cu were ALSO placed UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL, and Spain relinquished its claim 19 Cuba. The treaty was signed on December 19, 1898 Lack of lobbying on behalf of both the Filipino people and Americans is what's missing From Library of Congress Treaty of Paris of 1898 11898 Treaty of Pars ‘ups newsenedimacario us‘swp-content/uplonds 2013/02/Treary-of Paris-1898-Library-of- Congress: Masario- Foundation jpe dhmpsv/newseloc_gox-tr hispanic! 1898 treary-brml