President Duterte facts
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Philippines president Duterte insults and abuses Barack Obama
Philippines President Duterte said he was once gay. Mocking his political opponent by saying "his movements show he is homosexual", Duterte confessed "Good thing Trillanes and I are similar. But I cured myself, when I began a relationship with Zimmerman, I said, this is it. I became a man again"
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In less than the 3 months Filipino Presidente Rodrigo Duterte has held office, he "presided over three-quarters as many extrajudicial killings as there were lynchings of black people in America between 1877 and 1950."
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Rodrigo Duterte, former vice mayor of Davao City in Philippines and the current President, has been credited with transforming 'the murder capital of the nation' to 'the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia', primarily through illegal death squads targeting criminals.
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte told the national police force to kill his children if they were found to be involved with illegal drugs. Shortly before this, his still-living-today son was implicated in a major drug operation connected to Chinese triads
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Rodrigo Duterte, a presidential candidate in the Philippines, confirmed his links to extrajudicial killings in Davao, and warned that if elected president he may kill up to 100,000 criminals
