We don't understand the President of the Philippines' politics of hate, anger, and, maybe, disgust against the United States, where a great number of Filipinos have immigrated and settled. The more he talks, the more he reveals he has little knowledge about the Americans.
President Duterte's inflammatory statements not only against the US, but also against the United Nations and the European Union are useless and disclose only his ignorance of the theory and practice of international diplomacy, not to say, the nuances and intricacies of geopolitics.
At least 100 village folks, at the blogger' prodding, voted for Mr. Duterte as President in the May elections because they believe he would make a difference. The presidents who came after Ferdinand Marcos--Cory Aquino, Fidel Ramos, Joseph Estrada who was ousted for economic plunder; Gloria Arroyo, and Benigno Simeon Aquino III--were all monumental failures. Now, he has become disgusting.
Is he jeopardizing the Fil-Americans who, at 4 million individuals, comprise the second largest Asian Americans in the United States?
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