The expletives were not directed at the United States leader.
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“While the country’s economic fundamentals are strong and its potential is high, our members have raised concerns that some basic American values – which Filipinos have long shared may be weakening in the current environment”, a statement from the chamber said. “Check it out”, the President told more than 500 Filipinos at the Shangri-La Jakarta Grand Ballroom yesterday noon.
“Even Ban Ki-moon weighed in”, he said.
In a short statement, the White House only said that “Obama had a brief discussion with President Duterte before the ASEAN Gala Dinner in the leaders’ hold space”.
Obama earlier canceled a meeting with Duterte after the Philippine leader referred to him in comments to reporters as a “son of a bitch” and warned him not to discuss the deaths of thousands of suspects in an anti-drug campaign.
Take your pick – a possible volcanic eruption, a feared nuclear test in North Korea, ASEAN Summit explosions, or wild allegations about a presidential dog.
I dont take these comments personally, because it seems as if this is a phrase hes used repeatedly, directed at the pope and others, Obama said of the slur.
Days after the President of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, caused controversy by reportedly calling President Obama a “son of a b****”, he has returned with insults towards UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. “It’s not son of a whore”, he explained.
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, center left, walks with his Indonesian counterpart Joko Widodo, center right, during their visit to Tanah Abang Market on the sidelines of their meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 9, 2016. He insisted that his remarks were not directed at Obama, but at the U.S. state department, which has raised concerns over potential human rights violations in Duterte’s anti-crime campaign that has left around 3,000 dead in just over two months. Over 2,400 have reportedly been killed in just over two months.
The Philippine leader has become famous for his profane outbursts, and has hurled expletives at Pope Francis and the United States ambassador Philip Goldberg.
VIENTIANE-President Rodrigo Duterte’s first appearance in an worldwide summit was “brilliant” despite criticisms of his “colorful” language and awkward moments on the world stage, according to Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay Jr.
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He said the Philippines is ready and willing to steer and guide the association, which is celebrating its 50th founding anniversary next year.
