Obama, Duterte and other notorious political insults

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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has said he regrets calling his US counterpart Barack Obama the "son of a whore".
His controversial comments have led to diplomatic consequences with the US president cancelling a scheduled meeting with Mr Duterte.
But the Philippine leader, who has insulted prominent figures before, is not the only one guilty of offending world leaders.
From a "sadistic nurse" to "the devil" himself, here are some of the more memorable comments made by or about those in positions of power.

The then Syrian defence minister General Mustafa Tlass, known for his colourful language, triggered a diplomatic row with the Palestinian Authority when he described its leader Yasser Arafat as the "son of 60,000 whores".
Gen Tlass, who launched the outspoken attack on Mr Arafat in a speech in 1999, said: "You should have told the White House that Jerusalem is the capital of the future Palestinian state but instead you stayed as quiet as a mouse and did not dare say a single word in favour of Palestine or Jerusalem."
His comments led to demonstrations in Gaza with thousands of Palestinians protesting at the personal attack on their leader.

In a dramatic speech to the UN in September 2006, the then president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, famously described his US counterpart George W Bush as the "devil".
"The Devil is right at home. The devil, the devil himself, is right in the house.
"And the devil came here yesterday. Yesterday the devil came here. Right here. And it smells of sulphur still today.

"Yesterday, ladies and gentlemen, from this rostrum, the president of the United States, the gentleman to whom I refer as the devil, came here, talking as if he owned the world. Truly. As the owner of the world."
On the same podium in 2009, Mr Chavez cautiously welcomed Mr Obama's new administration. Looking around, he said: "It doesn't smell of sulphur any more. No, it smells of something else. It smells of hope, and you have to have hope in your heart."

When a sentence begins with the words "I don't want to be rude", you should probably prepare to be offended.
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) at the time of his speech to MEPs in the European parliament, launched into a personal attack on Herman Van Rompuy that lasted several minutes.
He said the president of the European Council had "the charisma of a damp rag".
He compared the former Belgian prime minister to a "low-grade bank clerk" and said he came from a "non-country".
The attack, which stunned the chamber, came as Mr Van Rompuy made his maiden appearance in parliament in Brussels.

Edited September 6, 2016 by ✘ Nahhh-™ ✘
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