Modi and India are still recovering from the rude shock from Trump. When Trump slapped Modi in the White House by calling out India as the most unfair trading state with the highest tariffs against America, in front of the media, Modi still did not get it. Modi thought it was Trump saying it in jest, just Trump's dark humour.
Then the slapping came more frequently and in harsher tones. The 50% tariffs slapped on India, the highest in the world, only equal to Brazil's, was like a thunderbolt. This cannot be true, but true and a body slam. What is going on? What happens to Modi's bromance with Trump? The feeling of being jilted by Trump is hard to swallow.
Trump did not stop at that. Trump openly called out India for losing a few Rafales to Pakistan and then invited Pakistan military chief to the White House, not Modi. What was the message? And Trump announced collaboration with Pakistan to refine oil to sell to India. Ouch!
Then came the warning. Stop buying Russian oil or else. Trump is not the Trump that Modi loved to hug anymore. Trump is talking down to India like a mafia boss and India, a rival gang being threatened by him to do what Trump wants India to do.
How can Trump treat the next superpower, India, in such humiliating ways? Trump is not holding back any punches, not giving Modi any face, calling the Indian economy a dead economy, and best to be left alone to be dead.
With these developments, would Modi still come running to kiss Trump's ass should Trump tweet that he did not mean what he said about India, and Modi is still a good friend?
The big question, why did rogue Trump suddenly change his attitude towards India and Modi? Did someone whisper something to Trump about Modi and India? Or did Trump have an enlightened moment in the early morning to see what Modi and India were up to? What Trump did was his genuine feelings for India, a stray dog not worth the time.
Why did Trump kick India and Modi around like a football in front of the whole world, smashing all delusion that India and Modi were telling the world, that it is a superpower, or superpower to be, a leader of the Global South and must be respected, that India and Modi carry some weights as international players, big players. India is nothing, not a superpower or superpower to be.
What is Trump's message to Modi and India?
It's the snake venom taking effect in the orange blood.
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ReplyDeleteFrankly India is one of the World's Worst Protectionist Country in international trading.
They had very high Tariffs and taxes on any imports from any country and also all sorts of nonsensical fines and penalities on their whims and fancies.
Just a fine example in Sinkieland you buy any thing from the Mama shops or vendors and any change of payments they shall return you back grudgingly hoping that you might forget and walked off.
Dotard Trump knew their Odours and just using them as suckers and pawns to provoke China.
Now found to be incapable then slapped hard and broke off with them.
Don't want to smell Modi's smell when he hugged him tight.
Can see his face so agonising and humiliating.
Also knew that the Indians took over too many of the Americunts burgers and chips and had to put a stop to that.
Remittances of few billions of remunerations and scams monies back to India.
Dotard Donald Duck Tramp knew that the Indians only ate the already setup food of enterprises and ate heartily where others sweat to innovate and set up the Companies.
Only Sinkieland Leaders and employers are still foolish to be in awe of the Indians and had them usurped all the plumb jobs in the Country whereas own are down graded to serve them.
See now any Channel New America documentaries and shows the Indians always front line Heros whereas the Rest especially the Chinkees Sinkies kar lah lan!
No eyes see
Modi has a thick beard to absorb the slap, but it still hurts him immensely inside his mind, even if he did not admit it. Otherwise, why is there a need to close ranks with Russia and trying to resolve problems with China.
ReplyDeleteModi, like the Japanese before, likes to think he is white, snuggling ever closer to the G7 and getting humiliated year after year without being admitted into the G7, just sitting at the door watching the proceedings. At least Japan, with its economic muscle, was able to be given a seat at the G7 to improve its prestige. India, despite its comparatively higher GDP than a few of the G7 countries, is still an underdeveloped country in terms of its per capita GDP, which will bring down the hyped-up prestige of the G7, the so-called elites of global economic power.
India's place and future is in BRICS, no two ways about it. And India must place its loyalty fully inside BRICS, not trying to straddle two boats by being greedy. India must resign itself from QUAD, otherwise it will get thrown out by Trump sooner or later. India must save some face and quit QUAD and not be waiting for another slap that is coming soon.
Both India and China are big buyers of Russian oil, and if India thinks it can do without Russian oil, Russia will just sell more to China on the cheap. Russia will not collapse, but India might, after losing 35% of its energy.
Realistically, India cannot do without cheap Russian oil, now with its power grid already overloaded and gasping for breath every now and then. Power failures in India are happening ever so often, and businesses and factories are finding it difficult to cope. Cutting of imports of Russia oil would mean India is going to cut its nose to spite its face. It is just suicidal for India to do that.
Trump's message to Modi and India is that he can change terms of deals as he likes, even though there was a touted tariff deal already existing with India. Does that tell us something? Oops, there was never any written agreement signed in the first place, just bullshitting by Trump. That should send a clear message to Japan and Vietnam. Forget about Trump's deals with UK and EU. They are part of the participants of a game show put on for entertainment.
ReplyDeleteHas anyone ever wonder why China is still not anxious in having a deal with Trump? A deal with Trump is no deal when he steps down from the plane. Why waste time trying to forge a deal that has little value to fall back on? Let Trump go crazy is what China is doing. And let Trump's MAGA base deal with Trump, when prices escalate and shelves lie empty, while China trades with the Global South. Let the negotiations drag on forever.
Sun Tsu's Art of War is thousands of years old, while Trump's 'Art of the Deal' barely scratched its surface. It is like comparing apples with oranges. No comparison.