Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte

• Duterte scoffs at trial in international court for drug killings: ‘You must be stupid’

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says he will never be tried by an international court for mass killings in his war on drugs.

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  Jul 17, 2019
  
• ‘These American fools’: Rodrigo Duterte sounds off on US ‘monkeys’ for halting gun sale

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte chided the United States on Wednesday for halting the planned sale of 26,000 rifles to his country.

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  Nov 2, 2016
  
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• Philippines’ Duterte aligns with China, says ‘America has lost’

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced his "separation" from the United States on Thursday, declaring he had realigned with China as the two agreed to resolve their South China Sea dispute through talks.

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  Oct 20, 2016
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• Majority of Filipinos satisfied with President Rodrigo Duterte’s 1st 100 days in power

  The poll, which described Duterte's net rating as "very good," comes nearly three months after he took office and with his anti-drug crackdown.

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  Oct 6, 2016
• Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte tells Obama to ‘go to hell’ in new tirade

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his U.S. ally Barack Obama "you can go to hell" in a speech Tuesday that was his latest tirade against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign.

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  Oct 4, 2016
• Philippines’ Duterte ‘happy to slaughter’ 3 million drug addicts; likens himself to Hitler

  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte compared his bloody anti-crime war to Hitler and the Holocaust and saying he would be "happy to slaughter" 3 million addicts.

  World

  Sep 30, 2016
• Philippines’ Rodrigo Duterte about to ‘cross the Rubicon’ with US

  Rodrigo Duterte said he will travel to China soon to talk to President Xi Jinping, and then to Japan and Russia.

  World

  Sep 26, 2016
• Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte wants US special forces out of southern Philippines

  President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday called for the withdrawal of U.S. special forces troops from a group of islands in the southern Philippines, saying their presence could complicate offensives against Islamist militants notorious for beheading Westerners.

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  Sep 12, 2016
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• Barack Obama, Rodrigo Duterte meet informally after insults

  The brief meeting Wednesday night took a little sting out of the soured relations caused by Duterte's intemperate language in referring to Obama earlier this week.

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  Sep 7, 2016
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• Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte asked to show respect by US, Hillary Clinton

  The U.S. State Department stressed the need for ties with the Philippines to be based on mutual respect, after Rodrigo Duterte raised worries by insulting Barack Obama.

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  Sep 6, 2016