Duterte’s spokesman calls Bette Midler ‘gullible talking head’ after US actress says Trump is gateway to ‘dictator’ like Philippine leader

A Philippine official on Sunday lashed out at US actress Bette Midler for naming President Rodrigo Duterte as one of the world’s most notorious leaders, calling her “incompetent” and “a gullible talking head”.Presidential spokesman Salvador Panelo said Midler, who has been a critic of Duterte and described him as a “murderous dictator” in a tweet in 2017, had no right to criticise the Philippine leader.“She has the right to criticise in her country as an exercise of her freedom of expression,”…