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S2E17: Trump's blistering start - why the rush and its impact on Asia
Making sense of the blitz of executive orders, announcements and rhetoric from the new US President - and what Asia should take away.
Synopsis: Every third Friday of the month, The Straits Times gets its US bureau chief based in the United States to analyse the hottest political and trending talking points.
In this episode, The Straits Times’ senior columnist Lin Suling and US bureau chief Bhagyashree Garekar discuss the big announcements, power moves and ambiguous comments from the 47th US President - pulling the brake on the TikTok ban, the threat of tariffs and the outlook for…
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