A delicate act of balancing


Meeting of minds: Najib and Trump will hold a four-eyed meeting at the Oval Office, followed by a delegation meeting with Trump

WHEN the White House announced that President Donald Trump had invited Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak to Washington on Sept 12, it caught many people off-guard.

Some were surprised that the invitation to the Prime Minister came so soon, as this is only Trump’s first year of presidency and he is already an unpopular one, according to various polls.

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