Reuters: Philippines' Duterte says will never visit 'lousy' United States
MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte hit back on Friday at U.S. lawmakers opposed to the prospect of his visiting the White House, saying he would never go to the United States, which he called a "lousy" country.
Duterte was responding to remarks by Massachusetts Congressman James McGovern, who told a hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission that he would protest against such a visit if U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on an invitation to the firebrand Philippine leader.
The commission, made up of members of the U.S. House of Representatives, convened on Thursday in Washington for a hearing on Duterte's deadly, year-old war on drugs, which has killed thousands of Philippine citizens.
Human rights groups say many of the deaths were executions by police, an assertion the authorities reject.
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Update #1: Philippine Leader Says He Won't Visit US, Says 'It's Lousy' (AP)
Update #2: Philippines' Rodrigo Duterte: I will never visit 'lousy' US (DW)
WNU Editor: Many of his fellow citizens disagree .... they dream of living in the U.S. .... not visiting.
1 comment:
What an idiot. ..but then again. .many philippinos really like him
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