A mural was displayed on a street showing US President Donald Trump controlling the son of the late Philippine dictator.

Political alliance Bagong Alyansang Makabayan (BAYAN) created the marionette-style effigy of President Ferdinand 'Bongbong' Marcos Jr for his 4th State of the Nation Address (SONA).

The caricature features Marcos wearing a magician's hat, with bubble effects floating above a prison cell. Inside the cell are former President Rodrigo Duterte and his daughter, Vice President Sara Duterte, dressed in orange prison jumpsuits with exaggerated facial expressions.

In one of Marcos' hands is an iron fist subtly moving up and down.

Obet de Castro, who filmed the video, said: 'The iron fist represents the continuing human rights violation in his term.'

Meanwhile, the mural depicts Marcos with his lips and mouth distorted, while US President Trump stands behind him, arms extended, appearing to manipulate him like a puppet.

BAYAN Secretary General Mong Palatino said: 'This year's People's SONA will carry the theme ‘SONA of Accountability.' The people will hold the president accountable for the unfulfilled promise of 20-peso-per-kilo rice, as well as issues of corruption, poverty, and widespread flooding, among others.'

More than 10,000 demonstrators marched along Commonwealth Avenue. During the protest program in Manila on July 28, BAYAN members destroyed the effigy.

The art piece was initially intended to be burned. However, protesters instead smashed it to pieces using hammers and wooden poles during the rally.

Marcos Jr., the namesake and son of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, won the presidency by a landslide 36 years after a people's uprising that toppled his father's brutal reign under martial law.

Human rights monitor Amnesty International said at least 3,240 were killed, 34,000 were tortured, and 70,000 were jailed during the elder Marcos's strongman rule.

His family is believed to have amassed up to 10 billion USD as they plundered the national coffers and plunged the Philippines into debt. The Philippine Commission on Good Governance was established to recover the Marcoses' ill-gotten wealth after they fled the country in 1986.

Marcos's victory, which comes after a divisive election period, is believed to have been aided by coordinated social media campaigns aimed at rebranding and whitewashing his family's sordid history.

His mother, Imelda, who is notorious for her massive shoe collection, was convicted in 2018 on seven counts of graft, but has evaded prison 'due to her old age'.