It’s not as if taking side on this issue but the unfiltered mouth of President Duterte is again taking him into yet another troubled relationship with the US leadership. Then President Duterte repeated supposed possible assassination attempts or plots to oust him being allegedly engineered by unnamed elements in the US Central Intelligence Agency. Or, is it the aftermath of President Duterte’s raging “word war” with former rebel soldier-turned politician Sen. Antonio Trillanes IV? As the Commander-in-chief of the AFP and the PNP, President Duterte should not allow his personal war with Trillanes to cloud his decisions. Meanwhile, their word war is getting uglier.

Source: Philippine Star September 09, 2018 15:31 UTC