Prof Liow Chin Yong, Dean of NTU’s CoHASS, said the US general election is essentially a referendum on the current president. If Mr Trump wins, it will show that most voters support the policies he introduced. Dr Tan See Seng who is Professor of International Relations at RSIS said Mr Trump administration’s Indo-Pacific strategy will force ASEAN to choose between the US and China, and may further push Southeast Asian governments closer to China.