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It's not just China and Taiwan where Donald Trump is breaking from all normal and consistent American foreign policy standards!

The President-elect on Friday had a "very engaging, animated" conversation with the leader of the Philippines, President Rodrigo Duterte, by phone, according to reports.

Trump and Duterte are sometimes seen as very similar in their styles, respective rises to power, and their controversial statements, so the seven minute phone call between the two must have been interesting, to say the least.

Related: Donald Trump Wants To Jail People Who Burn The American Flag

Duterte has come under fire for many things, including calling President Barack Obama the "son of a whore" (what?!), but it's the leader's stance on the drug wars that is most shocking, at least in regards to The Donald.

Duterte has been a strong advocate of extrajudicial killings in an effort to fight drugs in his country, after launching an unprecedented campaign this year that went so far as to call on the police and even civilians to kill drug users as well as drug suspects.

The leader has also pledged to himself kill thousands of drug suspects in custody, lest the Philippines turn into a drug haven — and all of this disturbing violence has caused international condemnation, including from President Obama himself.

And then there's Trump, who apparently told

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Donald Trump is proving his incompetence in foreign affairs all too well!

On Monday, a lawmaker in the Philippines filed a resolution that seeks to permanently ban the Republican presidential candidate from entering the country!

This legislation comes on the heels of Trump's campaign speech last week in which he named the Southeast Asian country as one of the "terrorist nations."

During a rally in Portland, Maine, the 70-year-old once again spread the fear-injecting bread and butter of his campaign with yet another swipe on how immigrants were plotting to kill Americans.

Related: New Poll Shows Republicans Want Trump To Drop Out Of The Race

Trump said countries sending such people were the Philippines, Somalia, Syria, Morocco, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan and Yemen, adding:

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OH SNAP!

On Wednesday, Madonna performed in Manila, Philippines as part of her Rebel Heart tour.

Related: Madonna Tells The Internet She 'Misses' Her Son

Mid-concert, she decided to tell the audience a story about her Filipino personal trainer.

"I just wanted to share this little story with you. Once I had a Filipino trainer, this beautiful, beautiful girl. She was gorgeous and very talented as a trainer."

So what happened? Well…

"She fucked my boyfriend. So I fired her. I just wanted to share that with you."

YIKES!

Who exactly is this girl? Fans are speculating that it is Nicole Winhoffer (pictured right) who worked for Madge until 2014. Her boyfriend at the time was Brahim Zaibat.

We just hope it was therapeutic for the Material Girl to get that off her chest!

To hear the crazy clip, ch-ch-check it out (below)

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This is horrific.

Manny Pacquiao's boxing career is nearly over after a long, successful run of fights, and now he's getting his political career started by running for a Senate seat in the Philippines' 2016 elections — and it's not exactly starting off on the right foot.

Related: Remember That Last AWFUL Fight Between Floyd Mayweather And Pacquiao?!

Pacquiao, a devout Catholic, spoke to Filipino news agencies about same-sex marriage on Monday, and the comments he made are horrific and damaging, to say the least.

Check out some of what he said, translated from Filipino, below:

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Miss Universe is back home!

On Saturday, Pia Wurtzbach arrived in Manila, Philippines for her Grand Homecoming!

This is the first time the beauty queen has returned to the country since her infamous pageant, where host Steve Harvey accidentally crowned Miss Columbia before correcting his mistake.

Related: Miss Universe Dishes On Her Pageant Win!

At the airport, the 26-year-old gave a touching speech to her fans!

She said

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Ouch!

For those that weren't watching Miss Universe on Sunday night — first of all, shame on you because the Donald Trump critiques were on point!

But you also missed out on the biggest gaffe this side of Adele Dazeem!

Related: Stars Who Famously Flubbed Their Lines

Host Steve Harvey announced the lovely Miss Colombia Ariadna Gutierrez Arevalo was the winner of the prestigious pageant, and it was a beautiful moment. She accepted her crown, sash, and flowers…

The only problem? SHE WAS THE FIRST RUNNER-UP!

The winner was supposed to be Miss Philippines Pia Alonzo Wurtzbach — Steve read the names on the card wrong!

Watch the most awkward moment in pageant history as Miss Colombia is forced to relinquish her crown to the REAL winner (below)!

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American authorities should take note…

Police in the Philippines avoided a national tragedy on Thursday by breaking up a protest in a rather unusual — but totally safe — way.

When hundreds of workers and students surrounded the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Manila, instead of using excessive force, officers instead blasted Katy Perry music to drown out the chants!

Video: Check Out Katy's Original Christmas Song!

APEC is a group of international leaders — including President Barack Obama — and while locals were trying to voice their concerns, when water cannons stopped working the Police decided to play Roar to stop the commotion.

Other songs played outside the APEC included David Guetta's Sexy B*tch, Dolly Parton's Islands in the Stream, and the Bee Gees' How Deep is Your Love?

We're hearing the protest was peaceful so it's not great that people weren't allowed to voice their opinions — but we're glad the police could find a method that didn't hurt anyone.

What music would YOU use as riot control??

[Image via Katy Perry/Instagram.]

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