01-20-2021, 10:25 AM
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By Ong Kian Ming
MP SPEAKS | Today, Jan 20, 2021, will mark the end of the tumultuous four-year presidency of Donald Trump presidency. May 9, 2018, marked the end of Najib Abdul Razak’s kleptocratic prime ministership.
The Republican Party of the United States and its leadership will not find it easy to move away from Trump and his legacy, just as Umno and its leadership have not found it easy to move away from Najib and his 1MDB baggage.
But for the sake of the party and country, the Republicans must leave the legacy of Trump behind. And for the sake of Malaysia, Umno and its leaders must move away from Najib and his ignominious 1MDB legacy that current and future generations of Malaysians will continue to pay for many years to come.
Republican supporters of Trump and Umno supporters of Najib suffer from “denial syndrome”. For the former, they do not want to admit that Trump is a serial liar because admitting this means that they have been fooled by Trump throughout his presidency.
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