{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6a31164c2603763bbffb56e3/6aa4ea76da3b22173212f862?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"#864: US Ambassador Defends Trump’s Tariffs & Says S’pore Can Trust The US | Kevin Kim","description":"<p>US Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim defends Trump’s tariffs as a fight for lost American factory jobs and refuses to call ASEAN cooperation \"Make ASEAN Great Again.\" His verdict? It's already great.</p><p><br></p><p>𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 𝗦𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲</p><p>𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 | https://www.gevme.com/Tech-Week-2026-visitor-registration/?promo=&amp;source=partner_podcast_YahLahBut</p><p><br></p><p>𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘞𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘚𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘦 2026 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘈𝘐, 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘋𝘦𝘷𝘖𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢 𝘉𝘢𝘺 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘰𝘯 29 𝘢𝘯𝘥 30 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 2026.</p><p>𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴-𝘰𝘯 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘣𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘳, 𝘢 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘋𝘢𝘵𝘢 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘷𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘭𝘦 𝘤𝘺𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘯.</p><p><br></p><p>🔔 Enjoyed this one? Please 𝗦𝗨𝗕𝗦𝗖𝗥𝗜𝗕𝗘 to the channel so you don't miss our latest episodes. Every subscriber helps us grow, open doors to new guests, stories, formats or ideas!</p><p><br></p><p>𝗔𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀</p><p><a href=\"https://asean.usmission.gov/u-s-ambassador-to-asean-kevin-kim/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Ambassador to ASEAN Kevin Kim</a></p><p><br></p><p>𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴</p><p><br></p><ul><li>Haresh:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQaKzMuyjlE\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Novak Djokovic: The Wolf in Winter</a></li><li>Terence:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKpe-jBecDg\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Christopher Nolan Receives the Stephen Hawking Medal</a></li><li>Kevin Kim:&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pOlKEgwP0M\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Roy Keane Goes Through All His Red Cards! | Stick to Football</a></li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>𝗦𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗻𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 – \"𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗟𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗹𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝘁” https://yahlahbut.short.gy/subscribe</p><p>Get a roundup of our One Shiok Things &amp; first dibs on our latest launches delivered straight to your inbox!</p><p><br></p><p>(00:00) Intro</p><p>(03:36) How Kevin Kim Got His Start at the State Department</p><p>(07:36) Growing Up in Texas and Getting Drawn to Politics</p><p>(08:55) What's Stayed Consistent Across US Administrations</p><p>(12:18) Explaining Trump's Tariff Policy</p><p>(16:24) Singapore's Tariff Tensions With the US</p><p>(20:01) NATO, Defense Spending, and Playing the Long Game</p><p>(24:00) Brokering the Thailand-Cambodia Peace Deal</p><p>(27:06) The Long-Term US Vision for Asean</p><p>(31:16) Biggest Challenges Ahead for Asean</p><p>(31:28) Tech Week Singapore</p><p>(33:21) Does the US Still Understand Southeast Asia?</p><p>(38:10) How His Role Overlaps With Bilateral Ambassadors</p><p>(40:02) Managing 11 Different Countries at Once</p><p>(43:16) Can Southeast Asia Still Depend on the US?</p><p>(45:07) US Troop Numbers and Defense Deals in Asia</p><p>(47:20) The American Approach to AI in Southeast Asia</p><p>(50:03) Should Asean Diversify Away From American Tech?</p><p>(52:13) Wrapping Up With Kevin Kim</p><p>(52:56) One Shiok Thing</p><p>(57:04) Post-Interview Reflections</p><p><br></p><p>𝗙𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄 𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝘀</p><p>ᴛɪᴋᴛᴏᴋ https://www.tiktok.com/@yahlahbut</p><p>ɪɴꜱᴛᴀɢʀᴀᴍ https://www.instagram.com/yahlahbut</p><p>ꜰᴀᴄᴇʙᴏᴏᴋ https://www.facebook.com/yahlahbutpod</p><p><br></p><p>𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗢𝘂𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘀</p><p>ʀᴇᴅᴅɪᴛ https://www.reddit.com/r/YahLahBut/</p><p>ᴛᴇʟᴇɢʀᴀᴍ https://t.me/yahlahbutpodcast</p><p><br></p><p>𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘂𝘀!</p><p>Drop us an email at contact@ministryoffunny.com! We’re always looking out for people to do cool stuff with, so let’s chat!</p><p><br></p><p>𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗻 𝗭𝗥 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗜𝗞𝗞𝗢𝗥 𝗭 𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲𝘀  | https://www.nikon.com.sg</p><p>𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 @𝘴𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘦 | https://www.instagram.com/shure/</p><p>𝘌𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘪𝘹𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘛𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘬</p>","author_name":"Ministry of Funny"}