States President Donald Trump invited President Rodrigo Duterte to the White House in a phone call late Saturday wherein the two leaders discussed security concerns of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), the threat posed by North Korea and the Philippine government’s campaign against illegal drugs.

POWER CALL President Rodrigo Duterte talks to US President Donald Trump. Holding the phone is the president’s assistant Christopher Lawrence Go. CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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