Mr. Duterte said his conversation with Mr. Trump had been amicable, and that he had urged the American leader to tread carefully with North Korea. Mr. Trump continued his efforts at Southeast Asian diplomacy on Sunday when he called Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong of Singapore and Gen. Prayuth Chan-ocha, prime minister of Thailand, and invited them to the White House. Advertisement Continue reading the main story“It doesn’t surprise me that these three countries were called in a two-day period,” Ms. Glaser said. “It was not a distancing, but it was rather a rift between me, maybe, and the State Department and Mr. Obama, who spoke openly against me,” Mr. Duterte said. There’s a new leadership.”Criticism of Mr. Trump’s invitation to Mr. Duterte continued on Monday.

Source: New York Times May 01, 2017 13:45 UTC