President Donald Trump plans to burnish his reputation as an international dealmaker on Sunday
President Donald Trump plans to burnish his reputation as an international dealmaker on Sunday by solidifying a trade agreement with Malaysia and overseeing the signing of an expanded ceasefire between Cambodia and Thailand, two nations that skirmished along their disputed border earlier this year.
The two accords could be finalized while Trump attends the annual summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, which is being hosted in Kuala Lumpur. U.S. presidents don’t always attend this summit, and Trump went only once during his first term. But he told reporters aboard Air Force One that he wanted to come because Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim helped resolve the fighting between Cambodia and Thailand.
“I told the leader of Malaysia, who is a very good man, ‘I think I owe you a trip,’” Trump said.