contrastingly, the US President waxed lyrical in praising the leadership qualities of his Filipino counterpart (whom he addressed as "Rodrigo") ... while expressing personal regret over the latter's strained relationship with his [Trump's] predecessor, Barrack Obama, and trumpeting the Philippines as the most prime location from a military standpoint.

http://thestandard.com.ph/news/top-s...me-asset1.html - <- there y'go!