President Rodrigo Duterte said he had been portrayed as a ‘cousin of Hitler’ by critics

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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

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