Posted on 11/13/2017 8:32:44 AM PST by Helicondelta
Trump and Duterte seem to have warmed to each other after meeting for the first time on Saturday at an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) group meeting in Vietnam.
On Sunday, Duterte crooned hit Filipino love song “Ikaw” (You) at a gala dinner for summit leaders in Manila, saying it was on “the orders” of Trump.
One of the song’s verses, translated from Filipino, begins: “You are the light in my world, a half of this heart of mine”.
“Ladies and gentlemen, I sang uninvited, upon the orders of the commander in chief of the United States,” Duterte said later, according to the ABS-CBN news channel.
Roque described the relationship between Trump and Duterte as “warm, friendly and candid.”
“It’s very apparent that both of them have a person who they consider as not a best friend,” he added.
“They have similar feelings toward former U.S. President Barack Obama.”
Duterte’s anger was unleashed last year when Obama raised concern about possible human rights abuses in the war on drugs.
Duterte said Obama could “go to hell” and called him a “son of a bitch.”
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Bond got conned....
“Duterte said Obama could “go to hell” and called him a “son of a bitch.”
Sounds about right. I might have used those same words myself.
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