And for a Friday as the fabulous comeback victory of Donald Trump dominates in every capital of the world, some thoughts….. some musings…..
Trump 2.0 in 2024 is in a completely different world than Trump 1.0 in 2016. Post the devastating economic after effects of COVID, inflation, job losses, climate shocks of drought and floods, in most of the poorer and developing countries, people have been pushed into poverty and starvation. The developed economies too are in slow down and in crisis. Add to it the horrors of the wars in Ukraine and Middle east, disruption of supply chains, has aggravated the pitiable conditions. Into this grim world scenario, India has stood out amongst the developing economies as an Oasis of political stability, economic revival and remained the world’s fastest growing large democracy. Trump 2.0, on the back of a MAGA (Make America Great Again) campaign, has thus opened newer and bigger opportunities for India. The excellent chemistry between Indian PM and the US President-Elect will be the catalyst to quicken the growing mutually beneficial trade, defense, technology, family and other relationships between US and India.
India, as the fifth largest World Economy has to overtake the fourth and third i.e. Japan and Germany, both of whom will face a much tougher America. Trump 2.0 policies on China will hasten the MNCs in developed economies, including the US, to re-examine progress under the China+1 strategy. India, with its large growing domestic consumption market, its greatly improving physical, social and digital infrastructure, offers a unique scope well befitting into the MAGA Plans of Trump 2.0. Hurdles and obstacles ofcourse are inevitable, but can be maneuvered and overcome on a Win-Win basis.
Let us all rejoice the victory of democracy, a peaceful handover of power in the world’s most powerful nation and let’s partake in further strengthening US-India relationship, the mutually beneficial way, the trusting way, the SEEGOS way.