During the rambling speech on his arrival in Davao City after a visit to Vietnam, President Duterte said that he had been ‘portrayed to be a cousin of Hitler’ by critics as he raised the rhetoric in his anti-drugs war.
In addition, he likened himself to Adolf Hitler as he declared he would be ‘happy’ to slaughter three million drug users and dealers.
America’s … partnership with the Philippines is … based on a mutual foundation of shared values and that includes our shared belief in human rights and human dignity,” State Department spokesman Mark Toner said. “President Duterte’s comments are a significant departure from that tradition and we find them troubling. – Reuters
by Reuters