Trump Invites Rodrigo Duterte to the White House

[spanone]

WASHINGTON — President Trump on Saturday invited the president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, to the White House, embracing an authoritarian leader who is accused of ordering extrajudicial killings of drug suspects and who crudely disparaged Mr. Trump’s predecessor, Barack Obama.

Mr. Trump had a “very friendly conversation with Mr. Duterte,” according to a statement issued by the White House late Saturday. It said that the two leaders “discussed the fact that the Philippines is fighting very hard to rid its country of drugs.”

In fact, Mr. Duterte’s war on drugs has resulted in the deaths of several thousand people suspected of using or selling narcotics, as well as others who may have had no involvement with drugs. Human rights groups and many Western governments have condemned Mr. Duterte for the bloody campaign.

A spokesman for Mr. Duterte, Ernesto Abella, confirmed the White House invitation, saying that Mr. Trump had expressed “his understanding and appreciation of the challenges facing the Philippine president, especially on the matter” of drugs.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/30/us/politics/trump-invites-rodrigo-duterte-to-the-white-house.html

[Sculpin Beauregard]

1. Unfuckingbelievable. A mudeeous dictator, which Trump aspires to be

[spanone]

2. perhaps trump wants to study duterte's war on drugs and implement it here?

he is that sick

[Buns_of_Fire]

3. Telling, as usual, that very few are surprised or shocked by this.

It appears that Lewd, Crude, and Socially Unacceptable is becoming the new norm under Dear Leader. Sad!

[spanone]

5. duterte is a real sweetheart....i imagine trump admires him.

Duterte, who has been dubbed "The Punisher" by Time magazine,[50] has been linked by human rights groups such as Amnesty International and

Human Rights Watch to extrajudicial killings of over 1,400 alleged criminals and street children by vigilante death squads.[11][51] In the April 2009 UN General Assembly

of the Human Rights Council, the UN report (Eleventh Session Agenda item 3, par 21) said, "The Mayor of Davao City has done nothing to prevent these killings, and his

public comments suggest that he is, in fact, supportive."[52] Human Rights Watch reported that in 2001–2002, Duterte appeared on local television and radio and

announced the names of "criminals", some of whom were later executed.[53] In July 2005 at a crime summit at the Manila Hotel, Duterte said, "Summary execution of

criminals remains the most effective way to crush kidnapping and illegal drugs".[54]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Duterte

[Bettie]

4. Not acceptable, but hey,

weirdly enough, he's probably not the worst person who has been to the white house recently.

[HAB911]

6. Trump Tower Manila set to open

this year

Link to tweet

[Ilsa]

9. I'm dying to see someone paint a mustache on Ivanka. nt

[Vinca]

7. If they become buddies it will make it easier for Jared to solve the opioid crisis: kill 'em all.

Trump's mental state is obviously deteriorating at a rapid pace to invite Duterte to Washington.

[Ilsa]

8. UN says he's killed about 7,000 people.

UN Human Rights chief wants dt to send duterte a message. We all know dt doesn't care what UN thinks.

[spanone]

10. sounds like trump's kind of guy