Wednesday, 21 March 2018

Trump’s Call to Execute Drug Dealers May Be Dictator-Inspired, but Its Roots Are All-American

Last year, President Donald Trump got on the phone with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, in the midst of the latter’s ongoing campaign to extrajudicially kill thousands of alleged drug dealers and users. “I just wanted to congratulate you because I am hearing of the unbelievable job on the drug problem,” Trump gushed to Duterte. “Many countries have the problem, we have a problem, but what a great job you are doing and I just wanted to call and tell you that.”



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