Confronting shared threats with an unsavory ally

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is not a nice man. His war on drugs has taken the lives of thousands upon thousands in extrajudicial killings.
He jokes publicly about rape — telling troops in Mindanao, where he recently imposed martial law, that he’d go to the mat for them if they employed serial rape in the course of enforcing the crackdown.
President Donald Trump has received a barrage of criticism for inviting Duterte to a personal meeting at the White House. But as the Unite