White House chief of staff Reince Priebus says issues related to human rights do matter to the administration of US President Donald Trump, further suggesting that there are other issues that could override them.
Priebus made the comments on Sunday, while defending the president’s invitation of his Filipino controversial counterpart, Rodrigo Duterte.
Trump invited Duterte (pictured below) to the White House in a phone call on Saturday, according to a readout of the conversation.
As Duterte’s controversial war on drugs has led to thousands of deaths, the invitation outraged human rights activists, who argue that the measure makes Trump complicit in his Duterte’s killings.
According to John Sifton of Human Rights Watch, “By essentially endorsing Duterte’s murderous war on drugs, Trump is now morally complicit in future killings.”
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Priebus, therefore, appeared on ABC to defend the invitation by asserting that,…