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PHILIPPINE President Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he told US President Barack Obama during their encounter in Laos that he never cursed him.
On a visit to Indonesia, Duterte told the Filipino community there that he told Obama: “President Obama, I’m President Duterte. I never made that statement, check it out.”
He said that Obama responded: “‘My men will talk to you,’ and he replied ‘OK.’”
Duterte blamed the media for distorting his words, saying he did utter “son of a bitch” but it was not directed at Obama.
Before traveling to Laos for regional summits, Duterte said on Monday that Obama should not question him about the rising death toll in his war on drugs, which has been criticized abroad and by Duterte’s opponents in the Philippines. More than 2,800 suspected drug dealers and users have been killed since Duterte took office.
Asked how he would explain the killings to Obama, he said in a long answer that the Philippines has long ceased to be a colony of the United States and he did not have a master except the Filipino people.
“I do not care about him. Who is he?” Duterte said. “You must be respectful. Do not just throw questions and statements. Putang Ina, I will swear at you at that forum,” he added, using the Tagalog phrase for “son of a bitch.”
Obama then canceled a meeting with Duterte in Laos but the two met informally on Wednesday in a holding room before attending a gala dinner.
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