One Day After Calling Obama A “Son Of A Bitch”, Philippines’ Duterte Expresses “Regret”
by Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge.com
Sep 6, 2016
One day after the Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte called Obama a “son of a bitch,” the Philippines scrambled to defuse a row with the United States on Tuesday, shortly after Obama announced he would cancel his meeting with the outspoken president. Duterte announced that he “regrets that his remarks to the press have caused such controversy” but stopped short of offering an official apology. Instead, he said that he has “deep regard and affinity for President Obama” and that he looks “forward to ironing out differences arising out of national priorities and perceptions.” We suspect Duterte’s comments came after after realizing it’s probably not the best idea to attack one of your largest trading partners and a country that provides hundreds of millions of dollars of annual financial assistance to your military.
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