DUTERTE TELLS OBAMA ‘YOU CAN GO TO HELL’ IN NEW TIRADE
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his U.S. ally Barack Obama “you can go to hell” in a speech Tuesday that was his latest tirade against the U.S. over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign. He also lashed out anew at the European Union, saying the 28-nation bloc, which has also criticized his brutal crackdown, “better choose purgatory, hell is filled up.” Duterte, who took office in June, has been hypersensitive to criticism over his crackdown, which has left more than an estimated 3,000 suspected drug dealers and pushers dead in just three months, alarming the United Nations, the E.U., the U.S.