Duterte threatens ‘war’ over Canadian trash dump in Manila
New York Post
April 24, 2019
Rodrigo Duterte has taken trash talking to a whole new level.
The Philippines president has threatened to “go to war” with Canada if it doesn’t take back tons of garbage a Canada-based company shipped to Manila years ago, CNN Philippines reported Tuesday.
“I’ll give a warning to Canada maybe next week that they better pull that (trash) out,” said Duterte, who’s known for his bombastic statements, according to the report. “We’ll declare war against them. We can handle them anyway.”
The private company shipped 103 containers filled with 2,450 tons of trash to the Philippines in 2013 and 2014.
The containers were labeled as plastics for recycling, the report said, but inspectors discovered that the trash was not recyclable and declared the refuse illegal.
Some of the containers are still sitting in the port of Manila.
“I cannot understand why they are making us a dump site,” Duterte said, warning that he would return the trash to Canada himself.
“The garbage is coming home,” he said.
The Philippines has been requesting Canada to remove its trash for several years, and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said he was “very much engaged in finding a solution.”
EDITOR’S NOTE: You tell ’em Rod! If they don’t take it back, bomb Canada with its own garbage.
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