Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte told his US ally Barack Obama “you can go to hell” in a speech today that was his latest tirade against the US over its criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign.
He also lashed out anew at the European Union, saying the 28-nation bloc, which has also criticised his brutal crackdown, “better choose purgatory, hell is filled up.” Duterte, who took office in June, has been hypersensitive to criticism over his crackdown, which has left more than an estimated 3,000 suspected drug dealers and pushers dead in just three months, alarming the United Nations, the EU, the US and human rights watchdogs.