Trump and Duterte, like peas in a pod.

We touched on the Filipino president and his penchant for the controversial last year (HERE), and Rodrigo Duterte hasn’t slowed down since then.

His latest headline-grabbing moment comes in the form of a love song, belted out at a dinner in Manila for leaders from across Asia.

Duterte was quick to point out that the song was “on the orders of Donald Trump” – such is the Orange Menace’s wont, I guess.

The Guardian reports:

At one point Duterte took the microphone to sing “Ikaw” (You), in a duet with local pop diva Pilita Corrales.

One of the song’s verses, translated from Filipino, begins: “You are the light in my world, a half of this heart of mine.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, I sang uninvited, upon the orders of the commander-in-chief of the United States,” Duterte said later…

Yes, this is real life.

What a time to be alive.

Just a quick aside – this is a real tweet sent out by the Donald over the weekend:

Really making use of those extra 140 characters.

[source:guardian]