IN several recent campaign rally speeches and televised interviews, the Republican candidate for the US presidency, Donald Trump, has shared only a few policy goals, but some of the ones he has promised to implement if elected are quite alarming and should be of grave concern to the Philippines, and Filipinos living, working, or studying in the US.

Much of Trump's platform has never really been discussed in detail for public consumption either by the candidate himself, his running mate Sen. JD Vance, or even during the Republican National Convention held last month. He does have one, of sorts, called Agenda 47 (the next president of the US will be its 47th), which comprises 20 'core promises,' about which very little in the way of explanation is offered.