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Trump Praises Duterte and Kim Jong-un Before Spending Sunday at Golf Club

Trump even reportedly invited the Philippines president, who's admitted to personally killing suspects as a mayor, to the White House.

President Donald Trump said he had a "very friendly" talk with Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte and called North Korean President Kim Jong un a "pretty smart cookie," before spending most of Sunday at one of his golf courses in Virginia.

Trump invited Duterte, who recently admitted to personally killing suspects as a mayor, to the White House, the administration announced late Saturday night.

On Sunday, the president sat down with CBS's John Dickerson to address a different controversial leader—Kim Jong un, who he said he admires for taking power at such a young age. Trump also said that he's "not going to be very happy" if North Korea continues missile tests, but declined to elaborate when Dickerson pressed him on what he meant by that.

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