Feb 20 2025 34 mins 8
Making sense of the domestic and foreign policy agenda of Trump 2.0 – and the implications of a new world order for Asia.
Synopsis: Every third Friday of the month, The Straits Times gets its US bureau chief to analyse the hottest political and trending talking points.
In this episode, The Straits Times’ senior columnist Lin Suling, US bureau chief Bhagyashree Garekar and assistant foreign editor Clement Tan discuss the first month of Donald Trump's second term, focusing on his foreign policy in Europe, in the aftermath of the Munich Security Conference and the implications of the muscular reshaping of the US federal government, led by Elon Musk.
Highlights (click/tap above):
0:36 Trump's foreign policy and European relations
6:37 Domestic policy and government efficiency
16:23 Media relations and the Trump administration
28:50 Looking ahead: coverage and insights from Texas
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Read Lin Suling’s articles: https://str.sg/nnEQ
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Read Clement Tan's articles: https://str.sg/Ep62
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Host: Lin Suling ([email protected])
Produced and edited by: Fa’izah Sani
Executive producer: Ernest Luis
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