PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte said Sunday night he envied US President Donald Trump for having the “very beautiful” First Lady Melania Trump.
In a speech during the birthday of top cop Ronald dela Rosa, Duterte said Melania was Trump’s “ace.”
“Billionaire, his wife is very beautiful. I’m envious. Really, it’s true,” he said.
“You become a billionaire, your mouth is like that, your wife is that beautiful. You’ve become president and you have a wife [that is]… you’re in heaven. That’s where he has an edge over me.”
Trump’s third wife Melania is a former model who became the second foreign-born woman to become American first lady.
Born in Yugoslavia, she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2001 and a citizen in 2006.
Duterte recounted his speech wherein Trump called him to congratulate him on his recent inauguration and blasted the critics who are doubtful of the new US president.
“Tingnan mo yung inaugural speech niya, he will stop drugs. T*****a! Hindi kami magkalayo…papatayin ka talaga niya. Yang si Trump, wag niyong anuhin na parang bugoy. Pero hindi yan magiging billionaire kung talagang bugoy ang utak niyan,” Duterte said.He likewise warned his audience not to underestimate Trump.
“You know Trump, he tries to look nonchalant, like a bum but he would not have become a billionaire if his mind was really the mind of a bum.”
In the same speech, Duterte blasted his critics for criticizing his anti-drug campaign.
“I have a barge there at the Pasig River. I can throw you there, you mischievous people. I can throw dead people there, but some even alive,” he said referring to a campaign promise to throw drug personalities on Manila Bay.
Duterte earlier said he would likely get along with Donald Trump whose protectionist stand was expected to disturb the geopolitical dynamics in Southeast Asia.
Trump, in his inaugural speech, promised not to interfere in the affairs of other countries, choosing to focus on US interests.
Duterte added that he looked forward to renewed Philippine ties with the US under the Trump administration.
“Trump was talking from the heart, a very frank person,” Duterte said, adding that he liked people who were brutally frank.