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After raging and swearing at US, Philippines' Duterte tells Tillerson 'I'm your humble friend'
Business Insider via Reuters ^ | 08/08/2017 | Karen Lema, Reuters

Posted on 08/08/2017 1:40:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called himself a "humble friend" of the United States on Monday, taking a break from his notorious hostility towards Washington to grant a warm reception to visiting U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.

Duterte's often profanity-laden tirades against the United States has become his trademark during his year-old presidency, but he appeared happy to meet Tillerson, who was in Manila to attend a regional security meeting dominated by North Korea's missile tests, and maritime squabbles.

"I am happy to see you ... and you have come at a time when the world is not so good, especially in the Korean peninsula, and of course, the ever nagging problem of South China Sea," Duterte told Tillerson at the presidential palace.

"I know you're worried there, because you also have domestic problems ... We are friends. We are allies," said Duterte.

"I am your humble friend in Southeast Asia," he said.

The maverick leader makes no attempt to hide his grudge against the United States, which he has repeatedly chided for what he says is a history of hypocritical foreign policy, and for treating the Philippines like a dog.

He last year announced to China his "separation" from Washington, has complained about being given "hand-me-down" U.S. military hardware, and once invited American investors jittery about his remarks to pack their bags and leave.

But Duterte's biggest anger was directed at former President Barack Obama, whose administration spoke out against his signature war on drugs, a fierce crackdown that has killed thousands of Filipinos.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: duterte; philippines; tillerson

1 posted on 08/08/2017 1:40:37 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Rodrigo is a manic depressive.


2 posted on 08/08/2017 1:43:36 PM PDT by vette6387
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To: SeekAndFind

Typical POS Rueters lying fake news... Duarte “raged and sore” at the previous limp-wristed O-hole administration, not the current one...


3 posted on 08/08/2017 1:46:49 PM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: SeekAndFind

Typical POS Rueters lying fake news... Duarte “raged and swore” at the previous limp-wristed O-hole administration, not the current one...


4 posted on 08/08/2017 1:47:20 PM PDT by Common Sense 101
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To: SeekAndFind

Duterte is respectful of Trump. He understands that he is not dealing with a feckless weakling anymore; but a true Alpha Male.

He was disdainful of this nation when we elected Obozzo and rightly so


5 posted on 08/08/2017 1:53:51 PM PDT by WashingtonFire (President Trump - it's like having your dad as President !)
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To: SeekAndFind

My head is spinning!


6 posted on 08/08/2017 2:00:57 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: SeekAndFind

Who needs OB when you’ve got T. Rex?


7 posted on 08/08/2017 2:08:50 PM PDT by null and void (ObamaCare, giving the government the power of life and death over Americans since March 23, 2010...)
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To: SeekAndFind

Come correct bitch!


8 posted on 08/08/2017 2:12:51 PM PDT by t4texas (Remember the Alamo!)
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To: Common Sense 101

Exactly, I joined his camp when he called Hussein “the son of a whore.”


9 posted on 08/08/2017 2:49:04 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com)
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To: SeekAndFind

I wonder if one of those North Korean missiles can reach Manila?


10 posted on 08/08/2017 3:02:49 PM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Offer him job as ICE director and unlimited hhelicopters.Also move Gitmo to ICE.


11 posted on 08/08/2017 3:19:16 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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There was a time when it was understood: a leader will speak and act one way for domestic political consumption, and another way in the conduct of diplomacy. When it was considered routine for there to be an act out front for public consumption and a backchannel where serious business was conducted. I don't think any of that has changed.
12 posted on 08/08/2017 3:34:16 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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RE: I wonder if one of those North Korean missiles can reach Manila?

If they can reach the western part of the USA, Manila is even closer.


13 posted on 08/08/2017 8:08:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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