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How to understand Duterte, Trump? 'See into their heart'

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Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/news-special1/nation/11/09/digong-donald-110916.jpg"/></figure></div>MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte and United States President-elect Donald Trump will find &quot;remarkable comfort&quot; in working with each other since both men are parallel in ways more than one, a Republican supporter said on Monday.Peregrine Development International President and CEO Dennis Wright said both Duterte and Trump are commonly misunderstood for their rhetoric and people should instead “try to see into their heart.”“I believe these two men will find remarkable comfort in working together,” he said.Wright added: “I think he (Trump) is just mostly misunderstood, I don’t believe he is racist, I don’t believe he is anti- anything. I think he is very careless sometimes with his choice of words.”Duterte, who has been called the “Filipino Trump” and Trump, who has been called the “American Duterte” have both been criticized for their rhetoric and campaign promises.<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/focus/11/09/16/why-trump-is-called-the-american-duterte">Why Trump is called the &#x27;American Duterte&#x27;</a></li></ul><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="350" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DTi3yzJehNg" width="600"></iframe></figure>“Both men are not politically correct in the rhetoric they use but what’s wrong with that? Why can’t we speak the words that come out of our heart, out of our mind? They’re just words. I don’t fault people for the words that they use but what’s in their heart. Try to see into their heart,” Wright said.The Republican supporter is hopeful of Trump’s promises saying that under President Barack Obama, half of Americans did not feel that the president was their president.“Over the last eight years the US has been more divisive today than it has ever been. I was encouraged by Trump’s comments and remarks last night when he said he wants to be the president of all the people,” Wright said.<div>CAMPAIGN PROMISES</div>Wright also explained how Trump’s campaign promise to “bring back manufacturing jobs” to the US will not be easily implemented since economic considerations have to be made.&quot;I don’t see those jobs going back. It cannot be just affected by rhetoric. [There has to be] economic considerations in place,” he said.It is also unfair for the US to judge Duterte’s war on drugs since the US is also facing a “tremendous drug problem” which Wright says, is the fundamental issue on Trump’s hardline stance on immigration since countries from the US south border tend to bring drugs into the US.“I think it’s not fair of the United States to criticize President Duterte for a very hardline approach on drugs. Perhaps his approach is the right approach for the war on drugs,” Wright said.Trump, during his campaign, said immigrants from “terrorist nations” should be barred entry to the US, saying that the rising number of immigrants are “creating a rich pool of potential recruiting targets for Islamist terror groups.”<ul class="op-related-articles" title="Read">	<li>READ: <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/08/04/16/donald-trump-says-immigrants-pose-hidden-threat">Donald Trump says immigrants pose hidden threat</a></li></ul>Wright said it “just doesn’t make sense” for the US to open its borders to people who pose danger to the US.“With respect to the Muslim comments, you have these hundreds of thousands of people coming from Syria that are not really being checked. They don’t know what they’re background is, they don’t know how they feel towards… and we know the recent problems with terrorism attacks and violence has been Islamic-based, albeit radical Islamic-based but it has come from that region. Why would you want to open your borders to someone who has an avouch policy to your destruction? That just doesn’t make sense,” he said.Under Trump’s presidency, Wright said the Philippines may see some changes in its alliance with the US for a “better balancing” of relations.Wright, however, assured that there will be no cutting of ties and that Trump only “want[s] allies to be more responsible” particularly in global security efforts.

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte and United States President-elect Donald Trump will find "remarkable comfort" in working with each other since both men are parallel in ways more than one, a Republican supporter said on Monday.

MANILA- President Rodrigo Duterte and United States President-elect Donald Trump will find "remarkable comfort" in working with each other since both men are parallel in ways more than one, a Republican supporter said on Monday.

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How to understand Duterte, Trump? 'See into their heart'

Arianne Merez,

ABS-CBN News

Published November 10, 2016 03:07 PM PHT

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Updated November 10, 2016 05:08 PM PHT

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