We examine the impact of the recent US presidential election result.
Synopsis: The Straits Times’ associate foreign editor Lim Ai Leen and senior columnist Lin Suling meet up in the studio with Bhagyashree Garekar, The Straits Times’ United States bureau chief who covered the US presidential election all year long, and is back in Singapore for a short break.
In this episode, they discuss how Bhagya arrived at her early prediction of a Trump win before the Nov 5 election, how Trump played to the male and minority voters, global anti-incumbency election trends and how they think Asian countries will shape to deal with the impact.
Highlights (click/tap above):
5:12 How Trump appealed to male voters in this 'woke' age, why Trump beat expectations to win the minority vote in the US
15:50 Political lessons for governments in Asia and how they relate to voters; expected impact from incoming Trump administration
17:54 Dissecting the dynamics of the phone call between Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and US President-elect Donald Trump on Nov 11
24:00 Tariffs: Making sense of Trump's promises from the Asian perspective
27:50 3 words to define US politics in the incoming Trump era
Hosts: Lim Ai Leen (limal@sph.com.sg) and Lin Suling (linsuling@sph.com.sg)
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Produced and edited by: Fa’izah Sani
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