Security has been beefed up in Tokyo for the arrival of US President Donald Trump, the biggest deployment ever for a visiting US president, and around Asia people are expressing uncertainty about what to expect from their visitor as his 12-day-tour begins.<br /><br />While few question the importance of Japan’s number one ally, many express doubts about how the crisis with North Korea is evolving. <br /><br />“I wonder about his response to North Korea and other things. There are things that scare me. He is becoming friendly with Prime Minister Abe and I don`t know if that is right or not,” said one man.<br /><br />Trump will also visit China, but there is only one political superstar here. <br /><br />“I think all of the policies executed by President Xi should set a good example for Donald Trump which Donald Trump will need to learn to make United States great again,” said one man seemingly unconcerned by Trump.<br /><br />While some people in another destination, the Philippines, see in Trump an echo of their own leader.<br /><br />“I like him because he supports Rodrigo Duterte and I think our president, with the support of Trump, they`re actually doing a pretty good job,” said one woman.<br /><br />Key stop though will be South Korea, the front line, and in the firing line.<br /><br />“If we were to imagine a war, I believe South Korea is not on the disadvantaged side. However, since the consequences of war are detrimental to all of us, I hope President Trump resolves the Korean Peninsula issues through peace talks,” said one man. South Korea’s capital lies within artillery range of the frontier with North Korea. <br /><br />Some here see Trump as dragging them against their will into an apocalyptic war, comparing him to a dictator, and not North Korea’s leader, who Trump routinely brands a totalitarian.<br />
