Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, the guy who has been terrorizing his people with his horrifically brutal “kill anyone who uses drugs” campaign that Trump has said the U.S. should emulate, said during a visit to Japan that he used to be gay but “cured” himself. He said this while attempting to mock a political opponent, Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, by calling him gay.
“They said, ‘You ask any gay person who sees Trillanes move, they’ll say he’s gay.’ No wonder. Good thing Trillanes and I are similar. But I cured myself,” said Duterte, according to Filipino news outlet Rappler. He then said that when he started a relationship with his ex-wife, he “became a man again.”
Philippines President Duterte says he was once gay “but I cured myself” https://t.co/a3sN5eTIdY
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) May 31, 2019
He later called himself gay and said he didn’t care if he was, contradicting his previous statement, just like someone else we know who loves to do that.
Duterte claims to be Catholic and has expressed support for the gay community in the past, though he has attacked trans people, claiming it’s an aspect of U.S. culture that “does not apply to us.” He has also clashed with the Catholic church multiple times, particularly over the church’s criticism of his genocidal “war on drugs” in which Duterte has encouraged his police and citizens to murder anyone suspected of taking an illicit substance.
Over in the U.S., people are not convinced that Duterte cured himself of gayness as he claimed.
— Jessica Newnam (@JessicaNewnam) May 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/IMOBoi83/status/1134479796392595468
— beeatrize (@pinkbeeatrize) May 31, 2019
— johnknall ♥️🥌 (@johnknall) May 31, 2019
— The Peas Take a Bath (@BronzdBrownGirl) May 31, 2019
Here for the shady replies pic.twitter.com/XLf85OA6Zq
— ConcreteWallflower (@Me75327714) May 31, 2019
No one:
14-years old me attempting to believe I was still straight:
— coping over downballot races (@elizabeththefi7) May 31, 2019
I’m not convinced 🤨 pic.twitter.com/rCRByVw2tD
— The Truth🌊🇺🇸 (@mossman404) May 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/Dare_Roh/status/1134489602453135360
he went on to say the he now loves to "touch boobies and hoo-ha's"
— ev (@enricovarrasso) May 31, 2019
Others think he would be better of embracing his sexuality. Maybe that would make him knock it off with all the murder?
Is that why he is so angry? Let love in, bro. Taste the rainbow.
— Summer (@psLove_Summer) May 31, 2019
Can you cure dictatorship?
— Mark Stern (@mfstern) May 31, 2019
What about being an a$$hole when’s that getting cured
— Charu (@charuchandna) May 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/Special_Prosec/status/1134477866798800897
https://twitter.com/employexpert/status/1134476368249577472
Oh damn, imagine if he had just met the right boy a few decades ago…
— 𝙎𝙋𝘼𝙈𝙐́𝙀𝙇 ✹ (@ClassyAsHell) May 31, 2019
He probably takes drugs, too.
