Those who keep on harping on the supposed many similarities of President Duterte and President Trump have been focusing on the skin-deep and not on the substantial issues. Mr. Trump, using populist guises and nativist rhetoric, is really after the personal profits that his presidency will bring to his Trump brand and his cronies. He packed his Cabinet with billionaires known to have ejected homeowners with an obligation of a few dollars. It is the economics and profiteering that power brings, stupid.