No Trump phone call No big deal, say analysts

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US president Donald Trump has other things on his mind rather than Malaysia, Southeast Asia or even Asean, the analysts say.  Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2025/02/10/no-trump-phone-call-no-big-deal-say-analysts/  Laporan Lanjut: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2025/02/10/tiada-panggilan-telefon-dengan-trump-tiada-masalah-kata-penganalisis/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AnwarIbrahim #DonaldTrump

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00:00Two analysts have played down concerns over the lack of a phone call between Prime Minister

00:06Anwar Ibrahim and US President Donald Trump, saying it is not a big issue.

00:12Azmi Hassan of Academy Nusantara said Trump had been in communication with leaders of

00:17countries who face challenges with other nations, or those who have run into issues with his

00:23foreign policies, including Mexico, Colombia and Canada.

00:28He said as long as Malaysia stays off Trump's radar and avoids unnecessary attention, Malaysia

00:34should be fine.

00:36Azmi said that he did not think Trump would entertain an invitation to attend the ASEAN

00:41summit, no matter who from Putrajaya sent the invitation.

00:45Instead, he said it would be sufficient if US Secretary of State Marco Rubio were to

00:51attend the summit.

00:54O Ae Sun of the Singapore Institute of International Affairs believes that the extremely preoccupied

00:59Trump is in no rush to take a call from Malaysia, a country that has not particularly taken

01:05the American side in the ongoing China-US trade war.

01:10On Friday, former Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming accused Malaysia's ambassador to the US, Nazry Aziz,

01:16of failing to arrange a phone call between Anwar and Trump, adding that these calls were

01:21crucial signals in the diplomatic community.

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