US President Donald Trump is set to attend the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur this October, an invitation defended by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim but denounced by many who see Trump as enabling Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Is this a brilliant move to protect Malaysia’s economy and ASEAN’s role on the global stage, or a compromise of principle? In this episode of #WooSays Professor Emeritus Datuk Woo Wing Thye and Melisa Idris unpack the high-stakes tightrope Malaysia is walking: between moral leadership on Palestine liberation, and the economic realities of US ties.
