00:00Physician Dr. Anjani Sinha, who made headlines in July over a viral video of his Senate confirmation
00:06hearing, has been confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to Singapore.
00:10According to Channel News Asia, the orthopedic surgeon was among several nominees for various
00:15positions approved by a narrow 51 to 47 majority vote in the U.S. Senate yesterday.
00:21Sinha is a surgeon in the U.S. East Coast specializing in orthopedics and sports medicine.
00:27In the video of a Senate confirmation hearing, Sinha, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee
00:32for the post, was seen struggling to answer questions about the city-state and its ties
00:36to Washington.
00:38How large was the U.S.'s trade surplus with Singapore in 2024?
00:42Uh, $80 billion. $18 billion.
00:462.8. You're off by a huge factor.
00:50Please, I'm trying to help you here, but you've not even done your homework, sir.
00:55If you want to be ambassadors to Singapore, one of the most important alliance friends
00:59we have in the Indo-Pacific, a key place that we're going to be fighting against our greatest
01:04adversary in the region, the PRC.
01:07Danish Roger Reza, FMT.
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