‘Selfie king’ Bong Go scores epic pics with world leaders
The efforts of President Rodrigo Duterte's special assistant Christopher "Bong" Go to take individual snaps with world leaders during the 31st ASEAN Summit caught the attention of the Washington Post on Tuesday, GMA 7 news program "24 Oras" reported.
Duterte's top aide managed to pose with a smiling US President Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull were the ones who held the phone up for their photos with Go.
Canada PM Justin Trudeau, Australia PM Malcolm Turnbull take a selfie with SAP Bong Go. ????: SAP Bong Go pic.twitter.com/ybH1NZ0W5m
— Trisha Macas (@trishamacas) November 13, 2017
Some of the other delegates who had big smiles in Go's selfies were Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, South Korean President Moon Jae-In, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, and Thailand Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.
The selfie-lover also got to document some key moments during the ASEAN Summit, such as Trump's first-ever meeting with Duterte and the handshake between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
SAP Bong Go shares photo of Pres. Duterte interacting with US Pres. Trump at #APEC2017 pic.twitter.com/ExRCjEIKvv
— Trisha Macas (@trishamacas) November 11, 2017
SAP Bong Go shares a selfie as Pres. Trump, Pres. Putin greeted each other at #Apec2017 pic.twitter.com/YBXdY5jgnr
— Trisha Macas (@trishamacas) November 11, 2017
Go published his collection of epic selfies on his Facebook page. — Margaret Claire Layug/DVM, GMA News