Hun Sen, an authoritarian premier who leans heavily on bombast and brash statements, said Thursday he “really wanted” Trump to clinch next week’s US presidential poll, extolling the billionaire Republican’s potential as a global peacemaker. “Frankly speaking, I really want Trump to win,” Hun Sen said in a speech to hundreds of police cadets in the capital Phnom Penh. “If Trump wins, the world might change and the situation would become better because Trump is a businessman, and as businessman, Trump will not want war,” he added. “But if Trump wins, Trump and Putin could be friends,” Hun Sen said Thursday. The Russian president is one of few other world leaders to praise Trump, calling him a “very bright and talented person”.

Source: Manila Times November 03, 2016 09:41 UTC