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Thursday, August 21, 2025
TopicPresident Donald Trump

Topic: President Donald Trump

Trump’s failure to follow through on bluster leaves him little room to corner Iran

President Donald Trump has boxed himself in with the Saudis and continues to blur the line between serving US national interest and his own self-interest.

Trump says US ‘locked & loaded’ after Saudi attack, raises bipartisan alarm

The prospect of a strike on Iran in retaliation for an attack that didn’t target Americans or even a country with which the US has a defense treaty is proving divisive in Washington.

Trump was right to cancel talks with Taliban but all is not lost

Most insurgencies end in a negotiation. If the Taliban are unwilling to accept a peaceful outcome the US should walk away from the table.

Xi Jinping asks Communist Party officials to show ‘fighting spirit’ to overcome risks

The Chinese president’s latest remarks come just weeks before the party’s decision-making body is expected to hold its first full meeting in 20 months.

‘Don’t want to trouble any third country’: Modi reiterates India-Pakistan a bilateral issue

At a press meet with PM Narendra Modi on the G-7 sidelines, US president Donald Trump said he had confidence India and Pakistan will resolve their issues, reiterating New Delhi's stand.

Modi has betrayed interests of India: Rahul Gandhi on Trump’s Kashmir mediation claim

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said the Centre's denial of US President Trump's claims was "weak" and demanded a response from PM Modi.

Trump’s trade war strategy is easy to grasp – he doesn’t have one

Trump, bumbling haphazardly & randomly from one business venture to the next, was never much of a strategic thinker in his pre-politics career.

US issues support to India over ‘horrible’ Pulwama attack, calls on Pakistan to fully cooperate

President Trump said they will issue a statement soon, but added it would be wonderful if India and Pakistan could get along.  

World dysfunction is taking the ‘group’ out of the G-20 summit

Global summitry has been in trouble due to the backlash against globalisation and Trump's unilateralism has only made it worse.

On Camera

Tariffs, chips, and China — how Trump’s trade playbook affects India

Trump’s OBBB is framed to augment domestic semiconductor production and enhance trade protection, even at the expense of certain social programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, and student loans, as well as a projected ballooning federal deficit from US$2.8 to 3.3 trillion

New insolvency frameworks to shorter timelines, how 2025 amendment bill proposes to transform IBC

New bill aims to fix key issues with IBC 2016, including delays & patchy implementation, and protect creditors, with window for genuine promoters to retain control of their companies.

First-of-its kind tri-services conference Ran Samvad to take place in Army War College next week

Billed as the military’s own version of Raisina Dialogue, the event will spotlight on tech-driven warfighting, lessons from Operation Sindoor and release of three new doctrines.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?