FRANCISCO S. TATAD
Last Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte telephoned US President-elect Donald Trump from Davao to congratulate him on his incredible electoral feat. According to his aides, the two had an “animated and engaging” conversation. One of his aides (Bong Go) was so carried away that he said Trump, who assumes the presidency only on Jan. 20, had invited DU30 to visit him in Washington. The presidential spokesman had to intervene. What Trump actually said, according to Ernesto Abella, was that, if DU30 happened to come to Washington or New York at anytime, he would like to be informed.