Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has told the US and EU to go ahead and withdraw their assistance to the southeast Asian country if they are not happy with his war on drugs, International Business Times reports reports.
"I do not expect the human rights [groups], I do not expect [US President Barack] Obama, I do not expect the EU to understand me," he said during a televised speech in southern Mindanao province on 6 October.
The latest outburst was partly in response to an earlier remark by Vice President Leni Robredo, who said that Duterte's choice of words could affect foreign aid to the Philippines.