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Trump praises Duterte for anti-drug campaign in call transcript

Washington, May 24 (Reuters) US President Donald Trump praised Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in a phone call last month for doing an "unbelievable job on the drug problem," according to a leaked Philippine transcript, despite human rights condemnation of Duterte’s drug crackdown.
Trump commended Duterte’s actions in the same call in which the US president invited him to Washington, according to a transcript of their conversation published by the Washington Post and the investigative news site The Intercept. The document included a "confidential" cover sheet from the Americas division of the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs.
A senior US official said the Trump administration did not dispute the accuracy of the transcript and declined further comment.
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