Duterte threatens to cancel US troops visiting deal

‘Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte says “bye-bye America” while threatening to halt an agreement with Washington over US troops visiting his country.
Duterte made the threat on Saturday in reaction to what he deemed was a US move to halt a major aid package to the Philippines over human rights issues.
Earlier in the week, a US government aid agency, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, announced that its board of directors had deferred a vote on a renewal of the aid package over “concerns around rule of law and civil liberties.”
“I understand that we have been stricken out of the Millennium Challenge. Well, good, I welcome it,” said Duterte.”We can survive without American money,” he added.’
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