US President Donald Trump said on Monday he had a “great relationship” with his Philippine counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte, while a White House official said human rights got only a brief mention when the two met on the sidelines of the East Asia Summit. Controversies surrounding the country’s war on drugs won’t cause tension between Duterte and Donald Trump, Malacañang’s newly appointed spokesperson told CNN. Riot police used water canon to prevent hundreds of protesters reaching the US embassy in Manila on Sunday, just a few hours before the arrival of President Donald Trump in the Philippines for a regional summit and the last leg of his Asia tour.