Philippine election will make Trump look tame

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The philippines is awash with the downpour from yet another typhoon, one which is providing an ominous backdrop as I write this column from Manila. The Philippine capital thankfully was spared the worst of typhoon Melor, which wreaked havoc in the southern islands of Samar as it crossed the archipelago. But there's another typhoon brewing on the horizon as the presidential election season unfolds, and that comes in the form of the candidacy of a gentleman called Rodrigo Duterte.