U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday slammed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after the latter criticised his foreign policy record. You must be respectful.
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In subsequent years, Duterte accused Washington of hypocrisy for criticizing other countries on human rights in light of the invasion of Iraq and its aftermath.
The pair met briefly later at the gathering in Laos after Duterte expressed regret.
“He added that “.I said that, but not in relation to Obama… Concerns for human rights amid reports of police brutality sparked Duterte’s initial tirade against Obama – Duterte warned that, if Obama attempted to lecture him on human rights, “son of a whore, I will swear at you”.
“It’s not son of a whore”, he told an audience of Filipinos during a visit to the Indonesian capital Jakarta.
“I was not fighting America”, he added.
Duterte and Obama have traded blows in a bruising diplomatic bust-up this week, culminating in a stand-off at an Asian summit over the crackdown in the Philippines which has left 3,000 dead.
“I think that any reasonable person. would be puzzled about how this became somehow indicative of the work that we’ve done here”, the president said of the incident, citing economic programs, development, and the promotion of civil society as measures of success in the region.
In the meeting, Duterte highlighted a joint maritime security operation initiated to deal with rampant vessel hijacking, which had hampered coal shipments to power plants in the Philippines.
“In view of the situation, the [state] visit came at an opportune moment, as it provides new impetus to our efforts to increase partnerships between the two countries”, Jokowi said. Duterte also made that remark before assuming the office of the presidency, when many in Philippine media were still wondering whether Duterte would alter his well-known profane way of speaking to better fit the office of the presidency once inaugurated.
Since he took office as president on June 30, more than 2,000 people have been gunned down in a crackdown on drug dealers and users that has prompted expressions of concern from the USA over extra-judicial killings.
However, after fears that the two would not get along were allayed during their brief banquet meeting, Duterte once again attracted the spotlight by calling UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon “a fool”.
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Duterte’s main campaign promise was to eliminate illegal drugs – a task that he said would be bloody. “Also gave a statement before, several weeks ago, about human rights violation”.
