Politics Trump's call to Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte leaked

[SlyPokerDog]

Got this from the Drudgereport.

TRUMP CALLED RODRIGO DUTERTE TO CONGRATULATE HIM ON HIS MURDEROUS DRUG WAR: “YOU ARE DOING AN AMAZING JOB”

IN A PHONE CALL from the White House late last month, U.S. President Donald Trump heaped praise on Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, one of the world’s most murderous heads of state, for doing what Trump called an “unbelievable job” in his war on drugs. Trump offered an unqualified endorsement of Duterte’s bloody extermination campaign against suspected drug dealers and users, which has included open calls for extrajudicial murders and promises of pardons and immunity for the killers.

“You are a good man,” Trump told Duterte, according to an official transcript of the April 29 call produced by the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs and obtained by The Intercept. “Keep up the good work,” Trump told Duterte. “You are doing an amazing job.”

Trump began the call by telling Duterte, “You don’t sleep much, you’re just like me,” before quickly pivoting to the strongman’s drug war.

“I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump told Duterte at the beginning of their call, according to the document. “Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing and I just wanted to call and tell you that.”

“Thank you Mr. President,” replied Duterte. “This is the scourge of my nation now and I have to do something to preserve the Filipino nation.”

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/23...derous-drug-war-you-are-doing-an-amazing-job/

 

[SlyPokerDog]

PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP repeatedly addressed the possibility of a U.S. nuclear attack on North Korea in a private call last month with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a transcript of the call obtained by The Intercept.

“We can’t let a madman with nuclear weapons let on the loose like that. We have a lot of firepower, more than he has times 20, but we don’t want to use it,” Trump told Duterte. (In fact, the U.S. has 6,800 nuclear warheads and North Korea is thought to have about 10.) “You will be in good shape,” he added.

“We have a lot of firepower over there. We have two submarines — the best in the world — we have two nuclear submarines — not that we want to use them at all,” Trump said. “I’ve never seen anything like they are, but we don’t have to use this, but he could be crazy so we will see what happens.”

The call took place on April 29. The transcript, an official Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs document, contains numerous typographical errors. Multiple government sources contacted by the Philippine news outlet Rappler, which collaborated with The Intercept on this story, confirmed its authenticity.

https://theintercept.com/2017/05/23...-privately-about-north-korean-nuclear-threat/

 

[SlyPokerDog]

READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT OF TRUMP’S CALL WITH PHILIPPINE PRESIDENT RODRIGO DUTERTE

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3729123-POTUS-RD-Doc.html#document/p1

 

[lawai'a]

the man(Duterte) has also declared on many occasions that he is prepared to declare marshall law throughout the phillipines to battle isil threats.

 

[crandc]

Duterte did declare martial law (please, not marshall).

Aside from praising murder, Trump revealed to Duterte classified information regarding location of nuclear submarines. Boats are not secret, hard to hide an aircraft carrier either in port or at sea. Submarines by definition are hidden and location is classified. Especially nuclear submarines.

What, exactly, did Trump say about people who are "extremely careless" with classified information?