Title:

 Tense Philippine-U.S. Relations Will Surge And Then Fall Under Trump

Author:

Ralph Jennings

Source:

Forbes

Date:

 January 24, 2017

Description:

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has flipped his country’s old foreign relations formula on its back since taking office in June by pushing the United States away in favor of China. U.S. President Donald Trump shows early signs of pulling the Philippines back into its fold of friendly Pacific Rim countries, which it never totally left anyway.