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Trump invites Duterte to the White House next year
Trump invites Philippine president who called Obama a 'son of a b****' to visit the White House
Trump extended the offer to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on a call today, an aide to the foreign leader said
- Duterte lost out on a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama this fall after calling him a 'son of a b****'
- Duterte said last month that he doesn't want to 'quarrel' with the United States anymore because Trump won
- He has continued to opine on U.S. 'hypocrisy' since, though
- Obama and Duterte were supposed to meet for talks in Laos in September
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President-elect Donald Trump extended an offer to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to visit the White House next year, an aide to the foreign leader says.
Christopher Go, a special adviser to Duterte, says the president-elect and the Philippine leader had a 'very engaging, animated' talk today that lasted more than seven minutes.
Duterte lost out on a bilateral meeting with President Barack Obama this fall after calling him a 'son of a b****'.
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The Philippine president has professed a kinship with Trump, whose cursing on the campaign trail raised eyebrows more than once. Duterte also ran on an anti-establishment and populist platform, winning the presidency in his country after a record turnout among voters.
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President-elect Donald Trump extended an offer to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to visit the White House next year, an aide to the foreign leader says
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bama and Duterte were supposed to meet for talks in Laos in September.
The White House cancelled the meeting after Duterte's derogatory remarks, which he apologized for a day later, saying through is spokesman he regrets that 'it came across as a personal attack on the US President.'
The two leaders shared 'pleasantries' and had a 'brief discussion' later in the week at a conference but the angry outburst at the American president cost Duterte his sit-down with the world leader.
'It was not a long interaction, and what I indicated to him is that my team should be meeting with his and determine how we can move forward on a range of issues,' Obama said at a news conference.
Duterte says he wasn't talking about the U.S. leader when he uttered the slur - he was denouncing the journalist who asked him the question.
'Who does he think he is? I am no American puppet. I am the president of a sovereign country and I am not answerable to anyone except the Filipino people,' Duterte said in his response. 'Son of a b****, I will swear at you.'
The Philippine leader was provoked by the White House's insistence that Obama would bring up extrajudicial killings in the country that are a byproduct of its aggressive war on drugs.
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The Philippine president has professed a kinship with Trump, whose cursing on the campaign trail raised eyebrows more than once. Duterte also ran on an anti-establishment and populist platform, winning the presidency in his country after a record turnout among voters
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Trump told Reuters that Duterte's swearing showed 'a lack of respect for our country.' He also emphasized the 'very important strategic location' of the Philippines.
It has served as a regional counterbalance to China, a country Trump has threatened to expose as a currency manipulator.
In October, Duterte announced a 'separation' from the United States.
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