On August 12, the U.S. embassy in the Philippines said in a statement that the US side has noticed the reports about the criticism on Goldberg and these remarks were "inappropriate and unacceptable".
美国驻菲律宾大使馆12日发表声明说，美国方面注意到了有关批评戈德格的报道，这些批评的言论是“不合适的，不可接受的”。