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Southeast Asia

Philippines' Duterte calls Obama 'son of a whore'

2016-09-06

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called Barack Obama
I am the change that you seek...
a "son of a whore" on Monday as he vowed not to be lectured by the US leader on human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
when they meet in Laos.

The acid-tongued Duterte bristled at warnings he would face questioning by the US president over a war against drugs in the Philippines that has claimed more than 2,400 lives in just over two months.

"You must be respectful. Do not just throw away questions and statements. Son of a whore, I will curse you in that forum," Duterte told a news conference shortly before flying to Laos to attend a summit.

Posted by:Fred

#11 This is what happens when you won't let anyone see your birth certificate. It's all a laugh riot until it's not anymore...

Posted by: M. Murcek 2016-09-06 15:47

#10 Everyone knows he's going to spend the rest of his presidency golfing and going through the motions so why talk to him. Any treaties will be held up or overturned. Allies don't trust him and enemies have an opportunity to embarrass him without cost.

Nobody respects the weak horse.

Posted by: rjschwarz 2016-09-06 14:58

#9 Interesting follow-up 746.

Posted by: swksvolFF 2016-09-06 12:51

#8 http://www.liberalamerica.org/2016/09/05/we-hired-a-native-tagalog-speaker-heres-what-the-filipino-prez-really-said/

Posted by: 746 2016-09-06 12:29

#7 Another triumph for the All-Star Diplomacy Team of Kerry and Obama. The only people that like us are the Kurds and they haven't finished stabbing them in the back ... yet.

Posted by: magpie 2016-09-06 11:17

#6 Champ's world is falling apart.

Pfft! He is his own world, nay, his own universe. You just don't understand greatness.

Posted by: Bill Bourbon5049 2016-09-06 07:34

#5 Teh Zero is probably triggered by being accused of being male.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2016-09-06 07:11

#4 First the Chinese, now Duterte? Champ's world is falling apart.

Posted by: Besoeker 2016-09-06 05:19

#3 I'm guessing Bibi is green with envy.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2016-09-06 03:21

#2 1) Well that meeting ain't happening.

2) Here's a fun exercise to confirm Google's bias - go look up this story by searching for 'Duterte Obama', then add 'whore', letter by letter. Marvel at the suggested third word, and the obvious one which never appears, even when you fully spell out 'whore'. 219,000 estimated results and this is not even autofilled.

Posted by: Raj 2016-09-06 00:35

#1 Actually from some photos of Obama's mother on the internet... that might not be a curse - rather a description of the situation.
esp. Marshall Davis estate photos.

Posted by: 3dc 2016-09-06 00:31

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