The economic costs of Trump’s unilateral actions can be absorbed as trade flows and supply chains adapt, but damaged trust may take a generation to rebuild. In the 2026 edition of the ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute’s State of Southeast Asia survey, 51.9 per cent of respondents identified US President Donald Trump’s leadership as their main geopolitical concern, ahead even of matters in the South China Sea. ... [4860 chars]
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