President Obama Meets Informally With Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte After Insult

[steve2470]

Source: TIME

(VIENTIANE, Laos) — Philippine Foreign Secretary Perfecto Yasay says President Barack Obama has met briefly with new Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of a summit in Laos.

There was no immediate confirmation from the White House.

Yasay says the two met in a holding room used by leaders attending a summit dinner. He says the interaction shows that the relationship between the two allies is strong.

Details about what they discussed weren’t immediately available.

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[mopinko]

1. there he goes again,

acting like a grown up.

damn i am gonna miss him.

[steve2470]

2. me too

I wonder if anything was said about the insult. Tricky one to handle I suppose.

[DFW]

3. I assume the dialogue went something like this:

Obama: Look, you want to blow a few gazillion we give you each year, and have us abandon you to Chinese territorial encroachment just for a few headlines, or do you want to cut this shit out starting right now?

Duterte: Hey, I was just playing up for the media like I always do. I didn't mean any of that.

Obama: Nice. From now on, just "don't mean any of that" when you talk about the Chinese leadership, or else start paying for all your naval and diplomatic defense yourself and start learning Mandarin, because you'll need it. Have I made myself clear?

Duterte: Yes, perfectly.

Obama: How reassuring. Because this is not a message I will be repeating. Magandang gabí.

[SummerSnow]

4. You forgot...

Obama: And if you call my mother a whore again I will slap the sh** out of you.

Duterte: Ok, I'm sorry

[DFW]

5. That may have already happened

so I figured putting that in might be redundant.

[Igel]

6. US foreign aid in 2012 was around $200 million.

Not chump change, but we were something like #7 in terms of donations. Japan really outstripped the US.

However, that's really what Congress allocated and the President signed into law. The conditions met, and Obama couldn't have stopped it without good reason. It's not like he dipped into the US treasury and decided to donate that much on his own, even if he suggested the amount.


Nice to think that we consider Duterte to be Obama's vassal or serf. Tough to take an anti-imperialist stance these days, esp. against your proper overlords. Just what was that subhuman thinking?

[geek tragedy]

7. He talks about the USA's President as if he were an enemy.

generally heads of state should expect to be taken at their word.

All alliances are temporary, something that Trumpito and his supporters should bear in mind.

[DFW]

11. Who's "we?"

Ever since we were asked to leave Subic Bay, I am not aware of any US president treating the Philippines like a colony any more. Otherise Abu Sayyaf might not have had such a tranquil sanctuary on Mindanao all these years. You must have better info than I do on Obama considering Duterte to be his vassal. Angan Tagalog ko idi magalén, and all that.

[OldRedneck]

9. And then . . .

Obama: Look, you want to blow a few gazillion we give you each year, and have us abandon you to Chinese territorial encroachment just for a few headlines, or do you want to cut this shit out starting right now?

Duterte: Hey, I was just playing up for the media like I always do. I didn't mean any of that.

Obama: Nice. From now on, just "don't mean any of that" when you talk about the Chinese leadership, or else start paying for all your naval and diplomatic defense yourself and start learning Mandarin, because you'll need it. Have I made myself clear?

Duterte: Yes, perfectly.

Obama: How reassuring. Because this is not a message I will be repeating. Magandang gabí. Now, shine my shoes you Filipino pimp.

[DFW]

10. Except that Obama has about 200 times too much class for a line like that.

Deserved though it may be.

[OldRedneck]

8. Let's hope . . .

Let's hope Obama pulled that asshole aside and gave him a Southside Chicago ass-whuppin'!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

12. He could have showed him this

And then said "Now try again".