Rights groups roundly criticized the president’s remarks. “He’s not Jewish anymore,” Trump said of the Senate minority leader. “He’s a Palestinian.”

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said he takes full responsibility for his administration's "war on drugs", in a video message posted on his Facebook account, as he braces for a legal battle at the International Criminal Court.

Trump repeated a campaign refrain Wednesday when he called Schumer a "Palestinian." Schumer is the highest-ranking elected official in Washington D.C.