You Will Anyway: He has great relationships with all the brutes

Monday, November 13, 2017

He has great relationships with all the brutes

The US president made no mention of human rights during brief remarks to reporters prior to a meeting with his Philippine counterpart.

Guardian

And why would he? He doesn't believe in human rights.

Trump has generally avoided publicly admonishing foreign leaders for rights abuses and has even shown an affinity for rulers with autocratic tendencies, including the Egyptian president, Abdel-Fatah al-Sisi, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin.

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According to a spokesman for Duterte, human rights issues were not raised during the meeting, although the pair did discuss their mutual distaste for Barack Obama.

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Later, the White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, said the matter of human rights came up “briefly”, although she did not say which president raised the issue.

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The two men shared a laugh when Duterte called reporters “spies”.

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Rights groups and US politicians had strongly urged Trump to confront Duterte on the drugs war.

Duterte, a former prosecutor, has taken an indignant stance to criticism, warning the Catholic church “don’t fuck with me” and accusing the UN of issuing “shitting” statements about his policies.

Bigly.

Trump and Duterte seem to have warmed to each other after meeting for the first time on Saturday at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) group meeting in Vietnam.

Two peas in a pod.

On Sunday, Duterte crooned a hit Filipino love song called Ikaw (You) at a gala dinner for summit leaders in Manila, saying it was “on the orders” of Trump.

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“Rodrigo, I would like to commend you on your success as Asean chair at this critical moment of time,” [Trump] said at a press conference. “The show last night was fantastic. And you were fantastic.”

Two narcissist peas in a pod.

Trump raved about his accomplishments on his five-nation journey, including on trade and North Korea, but said he would wait until his return to Washington on Wednesday to elaborate with a “major statement”.

Can't wait.

Sarah Huckabee Sanders lying her way to infamy.

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