Meeting offers little substance as US president ends tour of India without major agreements
A billboard depicting US President Donald Trump with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Ahmedabad, India. Picture: AFP/SAM PANTHAKY
While there may be no trade talks it is clear that closer ties with India are part of Trump’s strategy to keep China under control. Indeed, the images of Trump and first lady Melania at the Taj Mahal and Mahatma Gandhi’s old ashram in Ahmedabad, as well as the cavalry parade that escorted them into New Delhi, made it look more like a tourist outing than a serious state visit.
Trump, on the other hand, can use the visit to bolster his support among US people of Indian origin, of which there are about 6-million. He must be pondering a strategy to hold off a surging Bernie Sanders in the race for the Democratic Party candidacy in the presidential election in November.
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