KUALA LUMPUR: US President Donald Trump arrived in Malaysia on Sunday (Oct 26) on the first leg of an Asian tour that will include high-stakes trade talks with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
Arriving at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Sunday morning, he was received by Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as he disembarked from Air Force One.Â
Trump appeared to be in high spirits on the tarmac, as he joined performers in traditional attire and danced to the beat of the drums.
The two leaders then left together in a black car.
Trump is set to meet Xi in South Korea on the last day of his regional swing in a bid to seal a deal to end the bruising trade war between the world’s two biggest economies.
As he left Washington, Trump added to speculation that he could meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time since 2019 while on the Korean peninsula, saying he was “open to it”.
The US president will also visit Japan on his first trip to Asia since returning to the White House in January in a blaze of tariffs and international dealmaking.
Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that he hoped for a “comprehensive deal” with Xi, adding that he expected China to make a deal to avoid further 100 per cent tariffs that are due to come into effect on Nov 1.
In Malaysia on Sunday, Trump is due to attend the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit – a meeting he skipped several times in his first term.
He is also set to sign a trade deal with Malaysia, and will witness the signing of a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia.
“We will be signing the Peace Deal immediately upon arrival,” Trump said on social media of the truce he helped broker after the deadliest clashes between Thailand and Cambodia in decades.
Source: CNA
