SINGAPORE: US Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth on Saturday (Might 31) likened US President Donald Trump to Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
In a serious speech outlining US technique within the Asia-Pacific area, Mr Hegseth referred to each leaders as “historic males”.
“Just like the late prime minister, President Trump’s method is grounded in frequent sense and nationwide pursuits,” he mentioned at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which gathers key defence leaders from world wide.
Mr Lee served as Singapore’s prime minister for 3 a long time.
Mr Hegseth praised his “sage management and strategic imaginative and prescient”.
“That is what frequent sense insurance policies can obtain, and that is exactly what President Trump’s imaginative and prescient is all about.”
Mr Lee, who turned Singapore right into a high-tech industrial and monetary centre, stays extremely revered in Singapore greater than a decade after his dying.
