WATCH: Duterte mimics Yasay's 'Obama accent' | getupdatedph

MANILA - In an apparent attempt to lighten the mood in typhoon-ravaged Isabela, President Rodrigo Duterte on Sunday cracked a joke on the American accent of Foreign Affairs Secretary Perfecto Yasay.

Duterte, who distributed relief aid to Isabela, told residents that he had shared a dormitory with Yasay and Labor chief Walden Bello in college.

He then referred to Yasay as the Cabinet Secretary who talks like US President Barack Obama.

"Ang ka-roommate ko dito sa aking kwarto ay si Yasay, 'yung Foreign Secretary, kung mag-English, kala mo si Obama," he said. "Narinig na ninyo si Yasay magsalita? Parang Amerikano ang buang, Pilipino naman."

[My room mate was Yasay, the Foreign Secretary, who speaks English like Obama. Have you heard Yasay talk? That crazy man talks like an American, but he's a Filipino.]

Watch the President mimic his chief diplomat here:








SOURCE: ABS-CBN