Mali si Presidential Spokesman Salvador Panelo sa pagsabi na kinilala ng international community si Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte bilang isang "emerging world leader" dahil sa pagmura niya sa noo’y U.S. President Barack Obama.
Duterte did not earn praise for calling Obama “son of a whore.”
Obama never said “we (the U.S.) will prosecute you (Duterte) for extrajudicial killings.”
Habang pinopondohan ng pamahalaan ng U.S. ang mga kampanyang pampulitika, ito ay napapailalim sa ilang mga kundisyon at hindi sapilitan.
While the U.S. government funds political campaigns, this is subject to certain conditions and is not mandatory.
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