Crystal Foretia
Nov 14, 2017

Trump's Silence on Duterte's Drug War

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As Trump ends his visit to Asia, he arrived in the Philippines on Sunday. One of the issues American lawmakers are urging Trump to address is the extrajudicial killings caused by Duterte's war on drugs, which has been going on for over a year. According to the Washington Post, Trump allegedly told Duterte that he's doing an “unbelievable job on the drug problem” in a private phone call. Should Trump address the issue? What does Trump's public silence say about his position on anti-drug campaign in general?

Sources:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2017/11/12/as-trump-arrives-in-manila-a-young-victim-of-dutertes-devastating-drug-war-is-mourned/?utm_term=.c83f82590ccb

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/11/13/trump-does-not-publicly-rebuke-duterte-for-drug-war-killings.html

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