No, no, there is not a spelling error in the title. Sure the swearing in of Mr. Trump was a mega event. After all, the Potus is involved! I did mean 'maga' though, because Mr. Trump became the President of the U.S. with the 'maga' promise, right?
Let us explore a little the issues in this internationally significant event. In my opinion, Mr. Trump is not merely a career politician. He is a proper businessman, too. Want proof? Well, both he and his wife released mnemonic fun memes which got sold off in such a way that the family booty has gone up by billions of dollars even before the swearing in ceremony began, it seems.
Yet another point not to be missed in this context is the fact that Mr. Trump is accompanied by Mr. Musk. Already, he has ruffled a lot of sovereignty feathers. He, too, is a seasoned businessman, interested both in solar energy as well as the space industry. He has a very interesting position about China and its collateral use of X, related to which is the issue of Chinese (lack of) transparency. Now, the Trump-Musk duo sure must mean the end of, or at least a huge backtracking of, the Woke culture. Is not, however, there more to this politics-business coalition?
It is as certain a fact as the return of (crony?) capitalism. Worrisome is the point that as a free gift comes the insular aspects of the Maga motto. While making America Great, would (not) America often use sanctions? (How) would such a stand affect the rest of the world, especially countries like ours, coming up the hard way.
There is already a declaration of the oil issue which would be truly tough for India. The U.S. may have, an unstated though, policy pogrom/programme targetting both Russia and China. Such a version of the cold war could make geo-political realities difficult for India.
Mr. Trump is already talking about making America industry intensive and products oriented. Such "make it yourself", that is, American indigenised industry would make it still more difficult for India as the crunch for raw materials ( as we depend on China hugely here) would be acute, not to forget the energy issue (as we depend in a big way on the Russian crude oil).
Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk would sure soon sort out their tussle over the H1-b visas, et al. That is going to raise a lot of issues for Indians there or aspiring to go there. Indians as cheap labour there makes us indians their Bangladeshi's or Bihari's (as in the case of the Maharashtra Marathi Manus rhetoric), right?
In other words, the mega maga magic must make us sit up, while we wait and watch!
Pratima@America has always loved being the super-cop of the world. Do not you believe me? Well, read up Chomsky on the American international policy. Coupled with the 'business first' vision of the Trump-Musk duo, India has to negotiate a win-win formula, despite and along with the Maga mantra that must make, not mar, India, right?
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