What you see is what you get!

Senate hearings are going on in Philippines about the drastic increase in killings of suspected criminals under the new President Rodrigo Duterte. Since taking office in May this year, Duterte started a ‘war on drugs’ with implicit encouragement for vigilante killings which so far has resulted in over 3000 dead. The latest testimony was from an assassin who said that as a mayor, Duterte ordered him and other death squad members to kill hundreds of criminals, drug users and political opponents (Duterte was the mayor of Davao for 24 years). According to reports, "Duterte's political success has been aided by his vocal support for the extrajudicial killing of drug users and criminals. Nicknamed "The Punisher" by Time, he has been tied to an alleged vigilante group called the Davao Death Squad by human rights organizations." Still people of Philippines voted for this thug by an overwhelming majority because they wanted a ‘change’ from the politicians which ran the country. I am sure that a good portion of the people who voted for Duterte, admired his blunt talk and ability to get things done his way. But they did not expect death squads and extrajudicial killings for it. They expected him to change when he became President. The same way the people of Germany let Adolf Hitler come to power expecting him to tone down his hate filled speeches and Mein Kampf! 

Here is USA, people are about to make the same mistake. In Donald Trump they find a smooth talking and confident outsider. At the same time, he openly spouts dangerous ideas like deportation of millions of people, religious segregation, use of nuclear missiles as a weapon, not paying the national debt, hatred for the news media, etc. This does not bother his supporters. ‘He does not mean what he says, and he will change’ is their thinking!