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| President Rodrigo Duterte |
President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday was reacting to pronouncements from visiting US State Department Assistant Secretary Daniel Russel that the president’s conflicting statements were causing jitters among US businessmen.
“Go ahead. Pack your bags. We will sacrifice. We will recover, I assure you. We will live and survive. We have gone through the worst of times in this planet,” the President said in a press briefing at the NAIA Terminal 2 shortly before his departure for Japan.
Russel on Friday said Duterte’s recent statements – especially his “separation” from the US – have ushered in a “climate of uncertainty.”
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