Mahathir Revives Singapore Water Issue, Takes Swipe at Trump
- Malaysia wants to renegotiate water supply deal with Singapore
- Prime minister shows off tougher foreign policy in interview
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Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has revived the muscular foreign policy that characterized his first stint in power, seeking to renegotiate a longstanding water supply agreement with Singapore and taking shots at both the U.S. and China.
In an interview with Bloomberg Television’s Haslinda Amin, the 92-year-old Mahathir criticized a 1962 water supply deal with Singapore as “too costly,” adding to tensions after he announced plans to cancel a multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project that would’ve connected Kuala Lumpur to the city-state.