US President Donald Trump called President Rodrigo Duterte after the ASEAN Summit on April 29. It was the second phone call between the two leaders, the first of which was when Duterte congratulated Trump.
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President Duterte later revealed that Trump praised his war on drugs.
“You’re doing it right,” Duterte quoted Trump.
Presidential Spokesperson Ernesto Abella also described the phone call as a “very friendly conversation” between the two leaders and that Trump invited Duterte to the White House.
But now, you can rad the full transcript of the phone call.
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The American online publication, The Intercept, obtained a copy of the full transcript and published the document. It turned out to be an official document of the Department of Foreign Affairs in the Philippines. In collaboration with the Philippine news publication Rappler, The Intercept wrote that “well-placed sources” at the Malacañang Palace and DFA confirmed the authenticity of the transcript to Rappler reporters, despite its typographical errors.
The transcript showed how Trump said that Duterte is doing an “unbelievable job on the drug problem” and slammed former US President Barack Obama for not understanding what Duterte was trying to do for his country.
The two leaders then got on to talking about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, described by Duterte as someone who is “not stable” because he “keeps on smiling when he explodes a rocket.” Duterte also described Kim as this generation’s “mad man.”
Read the full transcript here: www.documentcloud.org
The Intercept also included a disclosure in its article, revealing that The Intercept’s publisher, First Look Media, was founded by Pierre Omidyar, and Omidyar Network is an investor in Rappler.
Sources: ( theintercept.com , appler.com )
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