Duterte diplomacy: Philippines leaders global insults

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday that his comments
branding US leader Barack Obama a son of a whore came across as a personal
attack.
The insult on Monday was the latest offensive comment to raise questions about
Dutertes diplomatic skills, leading Obama to cancel a planned meeting with him at a
regional summit in Laos.
Here are 10 of his most undiplomatic remarks from before and after his landslide
election victory this year:
Respect me, son of a whore
You must be respectful. Do not just throw away questions and statements. Son of a
whore, I will curse you in that forum.
Duterte, who has launched a war on crime that has claimed more than 2,400 lives,
warns Obama not to raise human rights issues with him in Laos.
Gay envoy
Im fighting with (US Secretary of State John Kerrys) ambassador. His gay
ambassador, the son of a whore. He pissed me off.
Duterte in an August speech smarting over US Ambassador to Manila Philip
Goldbergs criticism of his comment about wanting to rape a beautiful Australian
missionary.
Fuck you, UN
Fuck you, UN, you cant even solve the Middle East carnage couldnt even lift a
finger in Africa shut up, all of you.
Duterte in a June press conference, a seemingly unprovoked attack on the world
body.
UN pullout
Maybe well just have to decide to separate from the United Nations. If you are that
disrespectful, son of a whore, then I will just leave you.
Duterte in an August news briefing after a UN human rights expert said orders in
his anti-crime crackdown violated international law. He later said he was just joking.
Inutile Ban
Ban Ki-moon, he should write to me so that I will tell him: You did nothing. People
are being massacred by the thousands. You cant stop (the war) in Turkey, Syria. So
one useless, inutile body.

 Duterte in an August press conference railing against the UN chief after Ban
denounced his apparent endorsement of extrajudicial killings.
Jet ski policy
I will go there on my own with a jet ski, bringing with me a flag and a pole and once
I disembark, I will plant the flag on the runway and tell the Chinese authorities, Kill
me!'
Duterte in a February campaign speech explaining how he would handle Manilas
row with Beijing over the South China Sea. He has since adopted a more cautious
tone.
Suicide, genocide, upside
Thats the invention of a woman who wants to commit suicide. You can think of
genocide, suicide or what, side by side, upper side, whatever, what if upper side or
even upside?
Duterte launches a rambling verbal assault on Agnes Callamard, the UN special
rapporteur on summary executions, after she accused him of violating international
law with his statements seen as inciting people to kill.
Burning Singapore flag
I burned the flag of Singapore. I said: Fuck you You are a garrison pretending to
be a country.'
Duterte in a November speech, recalling how in 1995 he burned a Singapore flag
to protest at the execution of a Filipina maid in the city-state.
Arab culture
You are not a warrior if you do that. We are not Arabs. That is not our culture. We are
all Malay.
Duterte in an August speech condemning how Philippine Islamic militants
supposedly mutilated the bodies of slain soldiers.
Pope, go home
It took us five hours to get from the hotel to the airport. I asked who was coming.
They said it was the Pope. I wanted to call him: Pope, son of a whore, go home.
Dont visit anymore.'
Duterte in a November 2015 speech recalling being stuck in Manila traffic when
Pope Francis visited the Philippines.