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Introducing Rodrigo Duterte
from No Friends of Anyone · #29
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4 minTim introduces Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte's brutal anti-drug war, his vulgar public statements (insulting Obama, the Pope, and reporters), and plays a fake fan-jingle bit about him.
- 18:42Tim opens with the current political climate being tense, with a divisive new leader dividing people.
- 19:00The leader in question is Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, known for his controversial anti-drug stance.
- 19:32Tim acknowledges Duterte is authoritarian but notes the Philippines faces a severe drug epidemic.
- 19:48The alleged scheme: cops deal drugs to people and then turn around and kill them.
- 20:22Tim notes Duterte called Obama a cocksucker and made vulgar insults in verbal wars.
- 20:47Tim clarifies he's not endorsing Duterte but finds it odd which leaders the West chooses to vilify.
- 21:03The US gives Saudi Arabia a pass despite their execution of gays, women, and children, while attacking Duterte.
- 21:50In an overwhelmingly Catholic country, Duterte swore at the Pope, initially defending it as radical populism testing the elite.
- 22:10After his election, Duterte appeared with a televangelist and said he needed to control his mouth to be presidential.