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Philippines' Duterte Says Trump Deserves to Be Re-Elected
« on: February 17, 2020, 04:32:15 pm »
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Philippines' Duterte Says Trump Deserves to Be Re-Elected
Feb. 15, 2020, at 7:30 a.m. More

MANILA (Reuters) - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Saturday that Donald Trump deserved to be re-elected, praising the U.S. president's reaction to his decision to end a decades-old military agreement with the United States.

Trump said on Wednesday he did not mind Duterte's decision to end the Visiting Forces Agreement (VFA) even as his defense secretary, Mark Esper, called the move "unfortunate" as Washington and its allies press China to abide by "international rules" in Asia.

"It is President Trump's circumspect and judicious reaction to the termination of the VFA that made President Duterte give the following remarks: 'President Trump is a good president and he deserves to be re-elected'," presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement.

Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2020-02-15/philippines-duterte-says-trump-deserves-to-be-re-elected

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BTW, I think Duterte has a bit of anti-Americanism in him, I just don't know the full extent of it.