‘US in no position to lecture other countries on human rights’

The United States is not in a position to lecture other countries on their human rights record because it is not a beacon of human rights, says Don DeBar, an American journalist and political analyst.

DeBar made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Monday while commenting on Democratic Senator Chris Murphy’s criticism of Donald Trump over the US president’s decision to invite Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte to Washington.

The White House on Sunday defended Trump’s invitation to Duterte, saying the Philippine leader’s cooperation was needed to counter North Korea.

“There is nothing right now facing this country and facing the region that is a bigger threat than what’s happening in North Korea,” White House chief of staff Reince Priebus said.

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Priebus said the outreach to Duterte “doesn’t mean that human rights don’t matter, but what it does mean is that the issues facing us developing out of North Korea are so…

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