Obama cancels meeting with ‘colorful’ Philippine president
Source: The Washington Post
HANGZHOU, China After being called an obscenity by the president of the Philippines, President Obama canceled a meeting with the leader, Rodrigo Duterte, scheduled for Tuesday.
Duterte had threatened to curse out the U.S. commander in chief if Obama raised the issue of extrajudicial killings by Philippine authorities in a sweeping crackdown on drug trafficking. Speaking to reporters, Duterte, who took office in June, said the Philippines is a "sovereign state and we have long ceased to be a colony," according to the Associated Press.
He added that: "I do not have any master except the Filipino people, nobody but nobody. You must be respectful. Do not just throw questions. 'Putang ina' I will swear at you in that forum." That is the Tagalog phrase for "son of a bitch" or "son of a whore.
Asked to respond during a news conference after the Group of 20 Summit in China, Obama said earlier Monday that he had been told of Duterte's comments, but the U.S. president shrugged it off as another in a line of "colorful statements" from Duterte.
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The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,790 posts)Siwsan
(26,286 posts)Or tact, for that matter. So he would be VERY interesting to watch in a meeting with Trump.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)Putin
Kim Jong-un
Saddam Hussein
and now:
Duterte
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)The Phillipine people could more or less be defined by their refusal to bow to the Chinese hegemon. And fight they have their entire history.
Look how they stood up to the Japanese invader. They are their own people and they own their islands.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)So we should not treat them like a colony to be protected.
Duterte will regret those words when the Chinese come a knocking at Second Thomas Reef and Scarborough Shoal...
PSPS
(13,607 posts)nitpicker
(7,153 posts)So I rather expect the US support for the Philippines will not (publicly) change.
Judi Lynn
(160,588 posts)Dawson Leery
(19,348 posts)Good thing he cancelled.
BumRushDaShow
(129,259 posts)of a process begun 25 years ago.
warrprayer
(4,734 posts)Looks like he is a China puppet.
Suprised he is still in power.
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)...in an effort to appease them, then Philippines needs the U.S. more than the U.S. needs Philippines. The irony is that Duerte was intimidated into not raising the South Sea issue with China, so he felt the need to act tough, and now is left looking like an idiot. Perhaps he will give up Philippines territorial claims, then claim credit for peace in our time.
Skittles
(153,170 posts)moondust
(20,001 posts)If somebody suspects that Duturde is pushing drugs then it's okay for them to go ahead and kill him without a trial or anything, right? Isn't that how it works?
olddad56
(5,732 posts)by the Japanese in WW2.
Bohunk68
(1,364 posts)of drug dealers. It has been reported that over 100,000 have been executed without trial. The jails are asshole-to-bellybutton full. What I wonder is how many GLBT and others have been murdered and had it claimed that they were drug dealers? Recall how Gitmo got full? There should be a drone in Duterte's future.
malthaussen
(17,209 posts)Squaredeal
(398 posts)I wonder how the US electorate will feel if Trump wins.
BootinUp
(47,171 posts)awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)ought to stop cruising their waters for a while.