His statement about pulling the Philippines out of the United Nations was a joke. But his “war” with UN officials who criticized him is not.

President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday said he was only joking when he threatened to withdraw the Philippines’ membership in the UN after two of its representatives criticized his bloody war on drugs.

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