...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.The possibility of a Duterte visit stems from an April phone conversation between the Philippine leader and his US counterpart, Donald Trump, when Trump invited him to the White House “to discuss the importance of the United States-Philippines alliance.”
Back then, Trump also congratulated Duterte for his “unbelievable job on the drug problem.”
The Philippines’ strongman said that nothing can stop his drug crackdown.
[...]
[Thursday, US] senators accused Duterte’s domestic anti-drug campaign of widespread abuses and casualties.
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Hitting back at the accusations, Duterte advised Washington to look at its own “sins” and threatened to investigate them, referring to civilian casualties during wars in the Middle East.
“It would be good for the US Congress to start with their own investigation of their own violations of the so many civilians killed in the prosecution of the wars in the Middle East,” Duterte stated.
“Otherwise I will be forced to investigate you also. I will start with your past sins.”
[...]
“There will never be a time that I will go to America during my term, or even thereafter,” Duterte said on Friday, as quoted by Reuters.
The Philippine leader was also surprised that the senators would think he was willing to go to the US.
“I've seen America and it's lousy,” Duterte said.
RT
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Friday, July 21, 2017
That's a "No" Then
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Monday, September 5, 2016
Comedy Central
While the Hillary and Donald show is in full swing, Obama is busy making his end of run PR photo op legacy trips, which included the Philippines.
UPDATE:
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte warned Obama not to question him about extrajudicial killings — more than 2,000 suspected drug dealers and users have been killed since Duterte launched a war on drugs after taking office two months ago.
Duterte said Obama must not throw questions at him, or else, “son of a bitch, I will swear at you in that forum,” the Associated Press reported.
Obama later said he asked his staff to determine if meeting with Duterte would still be productive.
USA Today
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