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Related: About this forumPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte: I Was Gay 'But I Cured Myself'
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said he was once gay but cured himself by marrying a woman in remarks aimed at his political opponent, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, on Thursday.
Said Duterte of Trillanes, who is gay: I said, Are you sure? They said, You ask any gay person who sees Trillanes move, theyll say hes gay. No wonder. Good thing Trillanes and I are similar. But I cured myself.
When I began a relationship with [ex-wife Elizabeth] Zimmerman, I said, this is it. I became a man again. He added: Duterte is gay. So I am gay, I dont care if Im gay or not.
Before Trump and his Twitter account there was Duterte, similarly known for blustering insults and trying-too-hard womanizing, shifting policies on a whim from one day to the next, and being elected last year without a majority of the popular vote. He has gotten into hot water for wolf-whistling at a woman reporter during a press conference, praising the wonders of Viagra during a formal speech, making a joke about the gang rape of an Australian missionary,
and calling then-President Obama a son of a bitch and telling him to go to hell, presumably because he thought it made him look tough. (Ever the charmer, he also insulted the American ambassador with a homophobic slur.)
Behind all of the bravado lies a draconian, ill-conceived drug war that has led to the extrajudicial killings of thousands from which even children are not safe.
http://www.towleroad.com/2019/05/philippines-president/
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)I think his wife probably knows too.
Chin music
(23,002 posts)A very revealing statement from him. And trump loves him too.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)find compromising recent photos or videos that shows he's lying
Chin music
(23,002 posts)And told him, "We just took down the USA w a handful of videos and pictures, and we have some juicey stuff on you too." He may be trying to get out n front of the story. (?)
Phillipines is a nice Air Base if putin can get Pres D to throw us out. Venezuela seems to be right on our doorstep too, and yet, our president refuses to defend us.