Donald Trump is an American businessman and politician associated with the Republican Party. He served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. His tenure as president was known for his war of words with North Korea, a trade war with China, and his claims to build a wall to stop immigration from the south.
He is the first president to be impeached twice and one of the very few to not get an immediate second term in office. Trump started his career by joining the family business and rose to be a real estate tycoon. He then went on to host reality TV before joining politics in 2016. While he faces numerous felony counts and civil and criminal cases in US courts, the most infamous is his alleged role in the 6 January 2021 storming of Capitol Hill by his supporters, as the US Congress began the electoral vote count to confirm Joe Biden as the next President.
We can not produce friends of our choice in a factory meeting all of our desired specifications, but accept a friend as he is. How such a country which remained close to Soviet block for decades and you have equipped its immediate enemy country with F 16 and other arms, can suddenly restructured according to your choice? Perhaps only Trump may have answers to these things.
In fact, it is good that Trump is not coming. Given his nature and lack of patience as well as habit of making faces, he would have messed up during the two hour ceremony on 26th January. It is nice of Modi to invite him but it is a good miss for us. Any adverse or stupid comment by Trump would have caused embarrassment to Modi. Though it ought to be mentioned that Trump is doing good for USA and despite all his stupid behavior, he is taking USA on the right track. Now that Trump is out of the way, Modi should invite Head of states of CIS countries like Kazakstan, Kirgistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikestan, just like he invited ASIAN leaders. India has much business to do with these countries and we need to engage more with them.
Trump is losing the opportunity/honor. Some other leader will come. Trump can not vanish Russian arms and other thing from Indian soil. And we can not follow anybody’s dictates. National interest is supreme. Russia is our old and tested friend and the US is also coming closer. Good friendship is only possible when both the parties try to understand each other and accommodate accordingly.
The timing, so close to the expected announcement of the general election, was a little awkward. Given the power and prestige of the US presidency, some would have seen it as a political endorsement. President Trump is likely to win a second term, so he would be welcome to visit at a future date. It would have been better to keep the invitation secret till it was accepted.