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Obama Cancels Meeting With Philippine President Who Called Him A ‘Son Of A Bitch’
“I don’t give a s**t about anybody observing my behavior,” President Rodrigo Duterte said.
09/05/2016 Updated September 6, 2016
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It’s All Fun and Games, Until Someone Unleashes Death Squads

"'Reign of terror': Fear in the Philippines as police embark on state-sanctioned 'killing spree'"

Anyone wondering how the bare-knuckle populism of Donald Trump’s campaign would translate to office should take a look at the Philippines.

By Max Boot
September 15, 2016

[ "I'm a lifelong Republican," tweeted historian Max Boot last week, "but (the) Trump
surge proves that every bad thing Democrats have ever said about GOP is basically true."
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Listening to Donald Trump’s outlandish pronouncements, it’s all too easy to think: “He’ll never do that once in office. He’ll be restrained by wise advisors and act much more thoughtfully as president than he does as a presidential candidate.” Maybe so, but recent events in the Philippines demonstrate the dangers of voting into office an ignorant demagogue with a big mouth.

The new president of the Philippines, Rodrigo “Rody” Duterte, caught the attention of Americans recently by referring to President Barack Obama as the “son of a whore,” but, in the greater context, that is the least of his sins. There is a reason he is being called “Duterte Harry” and the “Trump of the Philippines” — and those monikers are not intended as compliments. Duterte is showing just what bare-knuckle populism looks like in action, and it’s not a pretty picture.

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