Filipinos elect Trump with a twist

President-elect Rodrigo Duterte has all the Trump impulsivity and populism, but there are things that suggest a more complex person behind the facade.
Rodrigo Duterte, who has just been elected president of the Philippines, comes across as Donald Trump on stilts. He talks dirtier (he called the pope a “son of a whore”), and he can barely open his mouth without threatening to kill somebody (he recently promised to fill Manila Bay with the bodie...

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