WASHINGTON: India, in relative terms, is quite well placed under the Trump Administration, an eminent India-expert has said, observing that the incoming president does not see India as a problem, but there might be bumps on the road on the issue of tariffs and legal immigration.
“I always say that India is, in relative terms, quite well placed under the Trump administration,” Dhruva Jaishankar, executive director of ORF America told PTI in an interview, days ahead of the presidential inauguration. Donald Trump, 78, will be sworn-in as the 47th president of the United States on January 20.
“If you look at what Trump’s demands are: he says American allies are free riders, that they should be doing more: NATO allies, Japan. He doesn’t like foreign aid. So, on many issues, India is not really going to be directly affected because he doesn’t see India as a problem,” said Jaishankar, whose latest book “Vishwa Shastra” recently hit the bookstores.