Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte: I stabbed someone to death Obama is 'so black and arrogant'
Rodrigo Duterte
Outspoken Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte added to his legendary list of outrageous claims Thursday when he bragged about stabbing a person to death when he was 16 years old -- and  Duterte  raised even more eyebrows when he reportedly later called former President Barack Obama "so black and arrogant."
In a defiant speech hitting back at critics of his deadly drug crackdown   Duterte  said  he  would go into jails and have “rumbles here  rumbles there.”
“At the age of 16  I already killed someone. A real person  a rumble  a stabbing ”  Duterte  said during a summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang  according to the BBC. “I was just 16 years old. It was just over a look. How much more now that I am president.”
A spokesman for  Duterte  said the remarks had been made “in jest.”
 Duterte  also hit Obama  slamming  his  former U.S. counterpart for criticizing the Philippines drug war.
“These white people  those from [the European Union]  the ignorant Americans  pretending to be  this Obama ”  Duterte  said  according to The Philippine Star. “You are so black and arrogant. [He] reprimanded me. Why you reprimand me? I’m the president of a country.”
Since  Duterte  took office 16 months ago  police said more than 3 960 people have been killed in the war on drugs. Another 2 290 people have been murdered in drug-related crimes  the government said.
Last year   Duterte  said  he  would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts and that  he  even fatally shot criminals while  he  was mayor of the southern city of Davao to set an example for police.
Thursday was not even the first time  he  has mentioned stabbing and killing someone while a teenager. In 2015   he  told the Philippines edition of Esquire magazine that during a “tumultuous fight in the beach” when  he  was 17  “maybe I stabbed somebody to death.”
It’s unclear if  he  was referring to the same incident in Thursday’s speech.
[TGT] added to [TGT] legendary list of outrageous claims Thursday when [TGT] bragged about stabbing a person to death when [TGT] was 16 years old -- and  [TGT]raised even more eyebrows when [TGT] reportedly later called former President Barack Obama "so black and arrogant."
In a defiant speech hitting back at critics of [TGT] deadly drug crackdown   [TGT]said  [TGT]  would go into jails and have “rumbles here  rumbles there.”
“At the age of 16  I already killed someone. A real person  a rumble  a stabbing ”  [TGT]said during a summit in the Vietnamese city of Danang  according to the BBC. “I was just 16 years old. It was just over a look. How much more now that I am president.”
A spokesman for  [TGT]said the remarks had been made “in jest.”
 [TGT]also hit Obama  slamming  [TGT]  former U.S. counterpart for criticizing the Philippines drug war.
“These white people  those from [the European Union]  the ignorant Americans  pretending to be  this Obama ”  [TGT]said  according to The Philippine Star. [TGT] are so black and arrogant. [He] reprimanded me. Why you reprimand me? I’m the president of a country.”
Since  [TGT]took office 16 months ago  police said more than 3 960 people have been killed in the war on drugs. Another 2 290 people have been murdered in drug-related crimes  the government said.
Last year   [TGT]said  he  would be “happy to slaughter” millions of drug addicts and that  he  even fatally shot criminals while  he  was mayor of the southern city of Davao to set an example for police.
Thursday was not even the first time  he  has mentioned stabbing and killing someone while a teenager. In 2015   he  told the Philippines edition of Esquire magazine that during a “tumultuous fight in the beach” when  he  was 17  “maybe I stabbed somebody to death.”
It’s unclear if  he  was referring to the same incident in Thursday’s speech.