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Philippine President Duterte all smiles, laughing during conversation with Trump (Video)
GMA Network ^ | 12/03/2016

Posted on 12/03/2016 7:24:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind

President Rodrigo Duterte was seen laughing and smiling during a phone conversation with US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday night.

The Presidential Communications Office posted an excerpt of the conversation on its Facebook account before noon Saturday.

The video was mostly muted due to the nature of the conversation, but Duterte was seen smiling all the time.

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Malacañang (the Philippine equivalent of the White House) said earlier that according to Duterte, he and Trump have a "good rapport." In a released transcript by Malacañang, Duterte assured Trump that the Philippine government's campaign against drugs is being don "the right way."

"He was quite sensitive also to our worry about drugs," Duterte said.

Duterte also said that Trump had invited him to visit New York and Washington DC.

"He said that if I’m around, he wants to be notified of my presence," the Philippine leader said.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: duterte; philippines; trump
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1 posted on 12/03/2016 7:24:04 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

See also here ( not sure if HuffPo is allowed in FR ):

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-philippines-duterte-whtie-house_us_5841f962e4b09e21702ebbae?

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump invited Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte to the White House next year during a “very engaging, animated” phone conversation, a Duterte aide said on Friday, amid rocky relations between their two countries.

Trump’s brief chat with the firebrand Philippine president follows a period of uncertainty about one of Washington’s most important Asian alliances, stoked by Duterte’s hostility towards President Barack Obama and repeated threats to sever decades-old defense ties.

The call lasted just over seven minutes, Duterte’s special advisor, Christopher Go, said in a text message to media, which gave few details. Trump’s transition team had no immediate comment.

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2 posted on 12/03/2016 7:25:40 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind
Having good relations with the Philippines is quite beneficial...for both countries.
3 posted on 12/03/2016 7:26:36 AM PST by Gay State Conservative (Deplorables' Lives Matter)
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To: SeekAndFind

Man, this gets better by the day.


4 posted on 12/03/2016 7:27:44 AM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: SeekAndFind
MSM headline:

President Rodrigo Duterte laughing at US President-elect Donald Trump on Friday , during phone conversation.

5 posted on 12/03/2016 7:28:48 AM PST by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: SeekAndFind

Duterte is in the pocket of China and has a long history of anti Americanism even before Obama.

The US should think carefully before getting friendly with another Marcos crony, which is basically what Duterte is.


6 posted on 12/03/2016 7:29:42 AM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: Cap Huff; Adam Smith

Im enjoying emmensly.


7 posted on 12/03/2016 7:29:44 AM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s good to see America getting international respect back.


8 posted on 12/03/2016 7:30:32 AM PST by redfreedom (The nation has been saved. Thank you Dear Lord. Long live President Trump!)
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To: sunrise_sunset

Its all about the geopolitics my friend..


9 posted on 12/03/2016 7:31:15 AM PST by Dog (..."I'm just a cook....")
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To: Dog

The Left is outraged because he called Obama’s mother a whore. Yup, that’s what we base our Foreign Policy on now. I thought Trump was supposed to be the one with the thin skin?


10 posted on 12/03/2016 7:31:53 AM PST by MGG
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

Win, Win, Win, ... eat ... Win, Win, Win, ... eat ... Win, Win, Win, ... eat ... sleep ...ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ ... Win, Win, Win, ... eat ... Win, Win, Win, ... eat ... Win, Win, Win, ... eat ..


11 posted on 12/03/2016 7:32:40 AM PST by knarf (I say things that are true, I have no proof, but they're true.)
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To: Gay State Conservative
Having good relations with the Philippines is quite beneficial...for both countries.

Eventually, Subic Bay will either again be a USN port or become a Chinese one.

As the saying goes, an eagle has a smaller belly than a dragon...

12 posted on 12/03/2016 7:33:18 AM PST by null and void ( If you defy federal law, we deny federal funds.)
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To: MGG

If you want to piss off a liberal, tell the truth!


13 posted on 12/03/2016 7:34:44 AM PST by null and void ( If you defy federal law, we deny federal funds.)
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To: MGG

Well, was that just kind of true? I think Obama looks a lot more like Frank Marshall Davis than Barry Sr.


14 posted on 12/03/2016 7:41:54 AM PST by Morpheus2009
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To: SeekAndFind

At this stage Trump is playing nice with every foreign nation, “Art of Deal”


15 posted on 12/03/2016 7:47:55 AM PST by jennychase
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To: SeekAndFind

I to have been smiling lately and wear my red Donald Trump is my President shirt and Make America Great hat at home and especially in public. I am happy and the liberal communists demorats are so very very angry at the fact a good man is elected.


16 posted on 12/03/2016 7:48:22 AM PST by kindred (Jesus is Lord and Saviour. Donald Trump would help make America great again.)
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To: SeekAndFind

One phone call and a vital strategic alliance in Pacific is repaired and China’s position in the Spratly Islands is flanked. Anyone who’s traveled in that region knows that all the countries have a policy of killing drug traffickers and the users are treated as pariah. Obama behaving high and mighty with a sovereign ally, one with unique sensitivities because of our past colonial rule, nearly did as much damage to our position in the SE Asian sector of the Pacific as the Japanese Imperial Navy did in 1941-42.


17 posted on 12/03/2016 8:00:09 AM PST by katana
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To: jennychase

“At this stage Trump is playing nice with every foreign nation, “Art of Deal””

And why not? He’s still a private citizen.


18 posted on 12/03/2016 8:27:19 AM PST by vette6387
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To: jennychase

“At this stage Trump is playing nice with every foreign nation”

Well, not EVERY nation; taking the President of Taiwan’s call yesterday was a shot across the bow of China that a new sheriff is in town.


19 posted on 12/03/2016 8:29:37 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: sunrise_sunset

Marcos did more for the Philippines than any other President. It is better to be friends with this guy than enemies and especially if he is cleaning up that Country. It is a very dangerous Country to go to.

Pray America woke


20 posted on 12/03/2016 8:51:25 AM PST by bray (The Silent Majority ROARED)
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