SINGAPORE: US Secretary of Protection Pete Hegseth on Saturday (Could 31) likened US President Donald Trump to Singapore’s founding Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew.
In a significant 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 strategy is grounded in widespread sense and nationwide pursuits,” he mentioned at the Shangri-La Dialogue, which gathers key defence leaders from around the globe.
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 widespread 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 loss of life.
