Posted on 12/02/2016 12:16:01 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte is scheduled to place on Friday evening a congratulatory call to US president-elect Donald Trump, a Palace official confirmed.
Presidential Communications Office Assistant Sec. Ana Marie Banaag said she does not have yet any information on what the talking points would be between the equally controversial personalities.
Banaag also said she is also not yet sure whether Duterte will be invited to Trump’s inauguration in January.
The phone conversation could signal an improvement of ties between the US and the Philippines, two long-time allies in the Pacific.
The US, under outgoing President Barack Obama, has been at the receiving end of Duterte’s many rants over what he believes was Washington’s intervention in Manila’s internal affairs....
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Trump is “controversial”? In what way? He won fairly and squarely by loving his country and promising to make it great again. It’s not great now. Assholes!
Think of how embarrassing it will be to Obama if the two leaders are able to establish a good working relationship.
Trump’s running rings around BO already.
Stompy foot sucks ...
I’d love to hear the conversation between those two “tell it like it is” individuals.
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