Mirror, mirror on the wall: Filipinos’ love for Trump comes as no surprise given Trump’s earlier praise for Duterte’s handling of the drug war. - AP
THE Philippines has the most confidence in US President Donald Trump among 33 countries worldwide, a survey by the Pew Research Center shows.
At least 77% of respondents in the Philippines said they had confidence Trump would do the right thing on world affairs. Only 19% said otherwise.Trump’s high rating seemed to overlook the former businessman’s stringent immigration policies that included ending what Trump had said was “chain migration, ” or the practice of Filipino immigrants in the United States of petitioning their relatives in the Philippines to become US immigrants, too.
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