Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte believes that most of the Americans are idiots. He is facing a fresh bout of criticism over his recent admission of killing criminals while he was a mayor of Davao city.

Responding to US threats of cutting aid to the Philippines over the ongoing drug war, he said that, "The problem with these white people, these American blockheads, is that three out of five of them are idiots, and only two are in their right minds."

"You Americans should just shut up. If you are destroying my country, I will kill you," Duterte said.

Earlier, Duterte said at UN High Commissioner, "You go and file a complaint in the United Nations. I will burn down the United Nations if you want. I will burn it down if I go to America."

Filipino Senator Panfilo Lacson came out in defence of the president, and said, "Apparently, the UN rights chief is not familiar with, first, our President enjoys immunity from suit during his term.”

"Second, no matter how many times a person in our country admits having committed murder, as long as there is no other evidence to corroborate his extrajudicial confession, the case cannot stand in any court of law," he reportedly said.

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