Toi correspondent from us: The Trump administration on Monday discovered that India is “either with us or against us” policy, warning New Delhi about buying Russian weapons and being part of the BRICS Group of Nations. In a discussion hosted by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnik said, “This is a way to go under America’s skin … This is not really a way to make friends and impress people in America.”Saying that “there were some things that the Government of India used to usually rub the United States incorrectly,” Lutnik suggested that New Delhi was falling in the queue, President Trump said “the call directly and especially, and the Indian government is especially addressing it.”Lutnik’s commentary traditionally set up a non-united foreign policy in India, asked some commentators whether friendship with America needs to give New Delhi control of its foreign policy and there is no national interest outside the favorable relations with America.Former Foreign Secretary and Ambassador Kanwal Sibal said, “India has a major reasons for decades and still in some ways to feel injustice by the US. Lutynik has asked the situation of making friends with America to shed its defense relations with Russia and not to join any organization.”Lutynik, Sibal said, “Sick informed, not enough study of the history of India’s history- in American relations, and geopolitics has very little grounding.”In his share, one of the many billionaires in the robbery, Trump cabinet, with very low grounding in politics and diplomacy, spoke on his intimate personal relations for India and Indian-Americans, recalling his friendship with former Google senior executive Nikesh Arora and CEO of Palo Alto Netws. “(That) one of my best friends, Nikesh Arora … When I go to India, we will go to the house parties, we played cricket, we just had fun,” Lutnik said, claiming that he gave him a different view of India. “I am a great fan of India, and even the people of the government know that it is true,” he maintained New Delhi to not align fully with Washington.In a post on X after this incident, Lutnik wrote: We have a great relationship between our countries. I am soon optimistic for a business deal that will benefit both countries.On social media, Trolls taunted Trump Sarrogate for their comment, with a post reading: In so many words, Lootenik wants India to gift Taco Tram to a plane. Pakistan has given a crypto deal to Trump’s sons.While Trump II Dispensation began its term to continue its warm relations with India during the first term, the matters have gradually moved to the south with the Maga supremo, who are clearly angry with New Delhi, who are not addressing tariffs and other issues, what he wants.From Gate-Go, he expressed doubts about the BRICS that he was demanding to reduce the US dollar condition as a global reserve currency, and in recent weeks, took credit for reducing India-Pakistan tension, claiming that he had medieled a truss using trade as a carrot. New Delhi has claimed.
