Donald Trump's amusement at Duterte's characterization of reporters as 'spies' shows that the two leaders are peas in a pod as far as their opinion of the media is concerned. Both are outspoken politicians with specious pasts — Trump as a master of bankruptcy and Duterte as a seff-proclaimed murderer. All democracies need to fall in behind Taiwan and seek constitutional reform to limit the powers of power grabbers like Trump and Duterte. More elected officials, term limits, free election campaigns for candidates… For more, see the Charter for Permanent Peace and Development. §1.9 §1.10 §5.1 §6.1 §6.10