Trump 2.0

India has to play its strategic cards well as campaign rhetoric often differs from governing realities

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With Donald Trump assuming office as the 47th President of the United States in a spectacular function inside the Rotunda of the US Capitol, a new chapter begins not only for America but also for the global order. Trump has promised to "fix every single crisis" faced by America with "historic speed and strength", and has promised to push the limits of executive power, deport millions of immigrants, secure retribution against his political enemies, and transform the role of the US on the world stage. The job should be made easier as Republicans enjoy majorities in both chambers of Congress that have been almost entirely purged of any intra-party dissenters. But campaign rhetoric often differs from governing realities and leaders—even Trump—will have to ultimately align their decisions with realpolitik domestically and national interests internationally.