Trump’s Invitation to a Dictator, Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/01/opinion/trumps-invitation-to-a-dictator-rodrigo-duterte-of-the-philippines.html

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To the Editor:

Re “Trump Officials Brace for Anger at Duterte Call” (front page, May 1):

With each day of the Trump presidency, the stature of our country is further diminished. We are no longer the beacon of hope for immigrants; no longer the leader in the battle to mitigate climate change; no longer a country seeking to reduce gun violence; no longer a country trying to lessen income inequity; no longer a country working to preserve our environment.

Instead, we are a country whose president, after a “very friendly conversation,” invites President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines, a man responsible for thousands of extrajudicial killings, to the White House.

This act makes a mockery of all the United States has stood for. As American citizens, we should be ashamed.

CLAY SAMMIS, AMHERST, N.H.