Posted on 10/17/2017 9:00:31 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
President Donald Trump will ask U.S. allies to pressure North Korea on its nuclear program in an upcoming trip to the Asia-Pacific region. He'll also meet with controversial Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.
Trump has praised Duterte for his deadly war on drugs that has left thousands dead, according to a leaked transcript of an April phone call.
In December, Duterte said that in a phone call, Mr. Trump praised his anti-drug crackdown. "He wishing me success in my campaign on the drug problem," Duterte said.
As of August, the operation has slaughtered over 7,000 drug users, according to Human Rights Watch. The Philippine government says human rights groups are conflating regular homicides with drug war-related deaths. The Philippine National Police (PNP) statistics say that 14,160 Filipinos have been killed in homicides in the last year, according to their latest statistics from July. They say that 2,163 of those deaths are drug related and 2,855 are non-drug related. The PNP says the motive for the majority of the murders -- 9,142 – has yet to be determined.
In late April, Mr. Trump drew ire for inviting the widely-criticized leader to the White House after a "very friendly" phone call with Duerte, where the two discussed the global war on drugs. Duterte had since suggested that he may be too "tied up" to visit Washington.
According to a White House statement on the trip, while in the Philippines, the president will participate in the Special Gala Celebration Dinner for the 50th Anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). He is also set to celebrate the 40th anniversary of U.S.-ASEAN relations at the U.S.-ASEAN Summit and participate in bilateral meetings with Duterte.
Mr. Trump will also travel to Hawaii, Japan, South Korea, China, and Vietnam from Nov. 3 to Nov. 14.
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It was a bloody 5 month siege where over a 100 Filipino soldiers and nearly a thousand terrorists died.
Duterte just implemented Demand Side Economics techniques in his war on drugs.
Ended the drug war last week.
Surprised I hadn’t noticed.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/10/14/1748733/duterte-expects-govt-lose-rights-groups-win-after-sidelining-police
“As of August, the operation has slaughtered over 7,000 drug users”.... lmao, drug cartel gangs are now labeled as “drug users”. How quaint MSM.
Hussein brokered nuclear deals with terrorist madmen and was praised by the media.
Trump gives words of encouragement to a president leading a narco crackdown and the media is outraged.
Man, I would love to be a fly on the wall during those meetings.
No more drug ‘users’=NO DRUG PROBLEM anymore.
Jheeezee— is this stuff supposed to be HARD??
They’ll exchange exactly the same gifts. ISIS leaders heads on pikes!
Dutarte may have a job waiting for him in the US when his term is up.
Re-establish U.S. bases or perhaps a bigger U.S. presence?
Marino just backed out of the Drug Czar position! LOL
Nope.
Both sides simultaneously.
He is not the sort of man that would want to leave.
He has deep roots.
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