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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs Trump Looking To Imitate A Duterte Type Drug War.
He sure seems to like his tactics.
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Is Trump Looking To Imitate A Duterte Type Drug War. (Original Post)
TheMastersNemesis
Dec 2016
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KT2000
(20,588 posts)1. they are very similar
both are crude, consider themselves above the law, bombastic, rude, and dangerous. Would not put anything past wither one of them.
Takket
(21,629 posts)2. Guess so
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/03/politics/trump-duterte-phone-call/index.html
Let's be totally clear about something... This article very matter of factly states that Trump believes executions without trial is the "right way" to handle the populace.
Let's be totally clear about something... This article very matter of factly states that Trump believes executions without trial is the "right way" to handle the populace.
Fast Walker 52
(7,723 posts)6. wait wait what??? Holy fucking crap!!!
This guy is a NIGHTMARE
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)3. Filipino police have killed over 2,000.
Vigilantes have killed over 800 suspected drug dealers and users without benefit of trial. Extrajudicial killings, folks and Trump reportedly praised Duterte on his methods. Chilling.
jambo101
(797 posts)4. Got your Trump right here
yardwork
(61,711 posts)5. Would that include all the white opioid addicts?
Calculating
(2,957 posts)7. Wait..
He sees nothing wrong with rampage vigilante and police executions without a trial? Please tell me this is taken out of context....
What kind of madman has our country elected?