SEOUL, South Korea (The Adobo Chronicles, Tokyo Bureau) – The war of words over North Korea’s threat of a nuclear attack continues between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump.
Kim’s latest salvo is his revelation that he has a nuclear button on his desk, ready to be pushed at a moment’s notice.
But you can’t threaten a shrewd billionaire businessman and television celebrity. He is quick to fire back at any time.
While Kim has may indeed have a nuclear button on his desk, Trump says he has one on his cuff.
Now whether or not Trump’s button is nuclear, The White House won’t say. It’s classified information.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Forget the magazine covers that featured Vice President Leni Robredo. Those were so yesterday.
Today, the Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) announced that President Rodrigo Duterte has landed on the cover of the international fashion magazine, GQ. And it has nothing to do with his war on drugs or Martial Law in Mindanao. Rather it is about his unconventional fashion sense — from rolled up Barong Tagalog sleeves to sockless shoes to loosened neckties.
GQ’s New Year’s issue features Duterte on the cover, donning a dark jacket with standing collar, looking dapper yet still presidential.
Duterte’s popularity and approval rating just went up 10 points in this last quarter. The magazine cover could bump up his numbers by another 10 points in the next SWS survey. Or the international Gallup poll for that matter.
Donald Trump must be feeling so insecure right now.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Duterte critic and entertainer Jim Paredes hurriedly left for his second home Australia after two significant news developments reached his attention: the possible crash into earth of a Chinese space lab and North Korea’s statement regarding an imminent nuclear war.
Paredes is a dual citizen of the Philippines and Australia.
In a text message to The Adobo Chronicles, Paredes said he was very scared about the twin news and that his first impulse was to stay as far away as possible from harms way.
“Unlike the Philippines, Australia is a remote pathway for either the space lab debris or the nuclear bomb because of its proximity from North Korea and the trajectory of the falling debris,” Paredes said.
Well, we can’t blame him. Survival first before politics.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Forget the magazine covers that featured Vice President Leni Robredo. Those were so yesterday.
MANILA, Philippines (The Adobo Chronicles, Manila Bureau) – Duterte critic and entertainer Jim Paredes hurriedly left for his second home Australia after two significant news developments reached his attention: the possible crash into earth of a Chinese space lab and North Korea’s statement regarding an imminent nuclear war.
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