“Video shows footage of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump extending an invitation to former president Rodrigo Duterte.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 5 Jan 2025.
Vera Files rated thisMisleading
What Vera Files found
As can be seen in the full video from Business World's YouTube channel, Trump did not extend an invitation to Duterte but expressed appreciation and praise for the Philippines as host of the US-ASEAN summit.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 5 January 2025. Vera Files (Philippines) looked into it and published its finding on 15 January 2025, 10 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Where the claim appeared
- YouTube videohttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/GhMx9CWbH-Q
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