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Morning After The Debate: Trump’s Most Pressing Issue: Miss Universe

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Trump calling into FOX News, left (screen capture), and Machado

NEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – It was the morning after the first U.S. presidential debate, and Republican candidate Donald Trump shows what the most pressing issue is in America today:  Miss Universe.

Trump called into FOX News to defend what he had previously said about 1996 Miss Universe Alicia Machado.

During the televised debate at Hofstra University, Hillary Clinton admonished Trump for his misogynist statements on the campaign trail and beyond.  Clinton mentioned that the Donald had called Machado “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping.” She was a Latina beauty who represented Venezuela at the Miss Universe Pageant.

Trump owned the Miss Universe Organization before he sold it a few years ago.

“Beauty contests will make this country great again,” Trump told FOX News. “I don’t regret what I said about Miss Machado.  She was the worst Miss Universe ever.  And she really did gain a lot of weight.  We can’t let that happen to a beauty queen, not under my watch!”

Miss Machado has recently become a U.S. citizen, and we can only guess who she’s voting for this November.

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Hillary Clinton Has Some Words For Philippine President Duterte

image.jpegNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Hillary Clinton may have won the debate against Donald Trump, but she also tried to win over President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.  She had some words of advice for the Philippine leader.

Duterte has earned the reputation of being a no-holds-barred kind of mayor and president who is not concerned about mincing words — cuss words included.

The Philippine president has been criticized for uttering cuss words when he talked about foreign ambassadors, the pope and even U.S. President Obama.

During Monday night’s U.S. presidential debate, Clinton said, “Words matter when you run for president – and they really matter when you are president.”

The Adobo Chronicles sent a text message to President Duterte seeking his reaction to Clinton’s comment. His response: ” #imwithher .”

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Obama: When I Step Down, I Want To Be Like Duterte

image.jpegWASHINGTON, D.C. (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – Doris Kearns Goodwin has a great new interview with President Obama in Vanity Fair. In the wide-ranging interview, Obama hinted that once he steps down, he will start speaking out more like an activist than a president.  Like Philippine President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, he will stop being “polite.”

This explains why the U.S. President said he was not offended when Duterte allegedly called him a “Son of a whore” prior to their meeting at the recent ASEAN summit in Laos.

Make way for the real Obama!