• March 28, 2024

President Trump Trying To Repair Another Obama Failure In Foreign Policy

Yesterday, while Democrats continue to try destroying the country, President Trump made the first efforts to repair yet another relationship with one of our oldest allies that the Democrat Obama administration all but destroyed. President Trump has invited his Philippines counterpart to visit him at the White House in an effort to mend bilateral relations, which were all but destroyed under Obama. President Trump held a phone conversation with Philippines’ leader Rodrigo Duterte where they touched on regional security issues, including the ongoing Korean crisis, the White House said in a statement.

The White House statement read: President Trump enjoyed the conversation and said that he is looking forward to visiting the Philippines in November. President Trump also invited President Duterte to the White House to discuss the importance of the United States-Philippines alliance.”

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Meanwhile, Duterte’s team said that during the conversation Mr. Trump expressed his commitment to the bilateral “alliance” as well as “interest in developing a warm, working relationship with President Duterte.” The statement was a far cry from ones issued by the Philippine’s government that called Barack Obama “the son of a whore.” According to Duterte’s spokesperson Ernesto Abella, President Trump “likewise mentioned that he looks forward to his visit to the Philippines in November for the East Asia Summit.”

President Trump’s phone call came at the close of the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Manila. While US-Philippines relations have been quite turbulent since Duterte assumed office last June, his attitude towards the new US leader differs drastically from the attitude towards the previous US leader. The Philippines’ President had repeatedly insulted Barack Obama, calling him a “son of a bitch” and an “idiot,” while at the same time expressing his support and admiration for President Trump, calling him a “pragmatic thinker.”

He also impersonated Trump on several occasions, citing last December’s conversation between the two leaders. At that time President Trump allegedly expressed support for Duterte’s actions, including his controversial war on drugs. More than 8,000 people have been killed in the Philippines since Duterte started his drug crackdown after assuming office last June. On Saturday, Mr. Trump once again cautiously signaled his support of the war on drugs, although not commenting on the methods used to tackle the problem of narcotics in the Southeast Asian country.

They also discussed the fact that the Philippine government is fighting very hard to rid its country of drugs, a scourge that affects many countries throughout the world,” the White House said Saturday. The conversation on Saturday came after Duterte urged President Trump to show wisdom and restraint and avoid playing into the hands of the North Korean dictator, Kim Jung-un amid heightened tensions and saber-rattling in the Korean Peninsula.

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