The following article by James Hohmann with Breanne Deppisch was posted on the Washington Post website May 24, 2017:
THE BIG IDEA: It’s one thing to not “lecture” foreign governments who abuse human rights. It’s something else entirely to praise them for it. And that’s exactly what Donald Trump did last month when he called Rodrigo Duterte.
The Post’s David Nakamura and Barton Gellman yesterday obtained a transcript of his April 29th phone call with the president of the Philippines. Continue reading “Trump’s praise for Duterte’s drug war underscores his contempt for human rights”