In his latest tirade against Barack Obama, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said that the US President “can go to hell”.
Duterte’s latest outburst against Obama came over the United States’ criticism of his deadly anti-drug campaign.
"Instead of helping us, the first to hit was the State Department. So you can go to hell, Mr Obama, you can go to hell," he said.
He also lashed out anew at the European Union in a speech Tuesday saying the 28-nation bloc, which has also criticized his brutal crackdown, "better choose purgatory, hell is filled up."
"EU, better choose purgatory. Hell is full already. Why should I be afraid of you?" he said.
Duterte, who took office in June, has been hypersensitive to criticisms over his anti-drug fight, which has left more than an estimated 3,000 suspected drug dealers and pushers dead in just three months, alarming the United Nations, the E.U., the U.S. and human rights watchdogs.
Angered by the U.S. criticism, Duterte has declared he wants to reduce the presence of U.S. troops in the country.
Last month, the White House had cancelled the meeting between President Obama and Duterte after the latter called him “son of a whore.”
"Who does he think he is? I am no American puppet. I am the president of a sovereign country and I am not answerable to anyone except the Filipino people.
“Son of a bitch, I will swear at you," Duterte had said.
White House officials said Obama would confront about his country's human rights record of handling drug traffickers in his meeting with him in Laos.
