--- description: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte lashed out at President Barack Obama, telling the U.S. commander-in-chief, “you can go to hell." title: Rodrigo Duterte to President Obama: ‘You Can Go to Hell’ image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7c8a79e53e3d2cd/6988a88ff887dc1b6de97aad/rodrigo-duterte-obama-hell.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Tells Obama to ‘Go to Hell’  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2016 12:42 PM CUT  Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers a speech in Manila on Oct. 4, 2016. Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers a speech in Manila on Oct. 4, 2016.TED ALJIBE—AFP/Getty Images  by [Melissa Chan](/author/melissa-chan/)  ## Melissa Chan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 4, 2016 12:42 PM CUT Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte [lashed out at President Barack Obama](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/719a579d1e394e3ba5e8499667e60a3b/us-philippine-drills-open-uncertainty-are-they-last "undefined") on Tuesday, telling the U.S. commander-in-chief, “you can go to hell,” according to the Associated Press. Duterte, who just last month called Obama a “[son of a bitch](http://time.com/4485272/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-obama-asean/ "undefined")” before denying ever having done so, made the latest comment during a speech in which he expressed anger at Obama and the European Union over [heightened criticism of his deadly drug crackdown](http://time.com/4516231/philippines-rodrigo-duterte-tdefense-agreement-us-edca-drug-war/ "undefined"). The E.U. “better choose purgatory, hell is filled up,” he said, according to the AP. Duterte’s anti-drug campaign has left more than about 3,000 dead since he took office in June. The leader of the Philippines has threatened to end a defense pact with the U.S. in response to a lack of support from the country’s officials and legislators. \[[_AP_](http://bigstory.ap.org/article/719a579d1e394e3ba5e8499667e60a3b/us-philippine-drills-open-uncertainty-are-they-last "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4517741/philippine-president-obama-hell/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4517741/philippine-president-obama-hell/"},"headline":"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Tells Obama to ‘Go to Hell’","datePublished":"2016-10-04T12:42:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:14:11.341Z","description":"Over heightened criticism of his deadly drug crackdown","url":"https://time.com/4517741/philippine-president-obama-hell/","keywords":["Philippines"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7c8a79e53e3d2cd/6988a88ff887dc1b6de97aad/rodrigo-duterte-obama-hell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Chan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-chan/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc7c8a79e53e3d2cd/6988a88ff887dc1b6de97aad/rodrigo-duterte-obama-hell.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"PHILIPPINES-MILITARY-DIPLOMACY-DUTERTE","caption":"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte gestures as he delivers a speech in Manila on Oct. 4, 2016.","creditText":"TED ALJIBE—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4517741/philippine-president-obama-hell/","name":"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte Tells Obama to ‘Go to Hell’"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Rodrigo Duterte 'Regrets' His Remark About President Obama","description":"Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte expressed regret Tuesday over his “son of a bitch” remark while referring to President Barack Obama.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FOGX4t0T/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2016-09-06T15:00:30.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FOGX4t0T.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4517741/philippine-president-obama-hell/","duration":"PT1M55S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4517741/philippine-president-obama-hell/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```