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Philippines' deadly drug war praised by Donald Trump, says Rodrigo DuterteThe Philippine president called Trump on Friday evening to congratulate him on his victory and Trump wished him success in his controversial crackdown, in which 4,800 people have been killed since June, according to Duterte.
He was quite sensitive also to our worry about drugs. And he wishes me well ... in my campaign and he said that ... we are doing it as a sovereign nation, the right way, Duterte said in a statement.
An aide to the Philippines president earlier said Trump invited him to the White House next year during a very engaging, animated phone conversation.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/03/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-donald-trump-white-house-invite
In speeches made after his inauguration on June 30, Duterte urged citizens to kill suspected criminals and drug addicts. He said he would order police to adopt a shoot-to-kill policy, and would offer them a bounty for dead suspects.
President Duterte has alleged that the Philippines is becoming a "narco-state" in order to justify the so-called war on drugs. There is little evidence to show this is true. The Philippines has a low prevalence rate of drug users, compared to the global average, according to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
?Amnesty International, October 7, 2016[23]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Drug_War
Vinca
(50,237 posts)I would suspect the outcome would be closer to a Duterte policy than any other.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)reality that THIS brain lacking human got elected.
Twilight Zone.
Twilight Zone
Twilight Zone.
(My gawd, we have to be able to turn this channel somehow.)
RESIST.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Charlie Brooker has become our modern Cassandra.
J_William_Ryan
(1,748 posts)Indeed, much of the Nation and world have become anesthetized to the ignorance, stupidity, and incompetence of Trump; constant exposure to Trumps ignorance, stupidity, and incompetence have rendered everyone immune to experiencing outrage.
WhiteTara
(29,692 posts)what is alarming is how quickly he is becoming normalized.
Crash2Parties
(6,017 posts)MFM008
(19,803 posts)Who gives his sad pathetic ass a kudo.
lonestarnot
(77,097 posts)Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,572 posts)No due process. No necessary "proof" needed. Just killing people suspected of being drug dealers OR users. And now he's said that he might go after human rights workers.
At what point does "that" decide that this would be a good old time in America?
This honestly makes me consider, and I NEVER thought I'd say this, getting a CCW permit.
spanone
(135,795 posts)Hong Kong Cavalier
(4,572 posts)They haven't even gotten into office yet and they're making noises like this. And their potential cabinet picks like that Sheriff Clarke have this strong Neo-Fascist streak in them. Equating BLM with ISIS, saying that protests need to be "quelled"?
That's the talk of tyranny.
barbtries
(28,769 posts)they've all been said and it doesn't matter. down we go
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Trump has a clue about what Duarte is doing
kebob
(499 posts)In pants.
get the red out
(13,460 posts)He is praising execution for drug addicts.
pansypoo53219
(20,955 posts)malaise
(268,713 posts)on steroids