Mind Your Manners

India-U.S. Relations

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To say that Donald Trump is an unconventional politician is arguably the understatement of the century. It's rarely, if at all, that the world has seen an American President—the most powerful individual on planet earth—upending the global order in a manner that the resultant churn in geopolitics comes to be identified as a black swan moment. Almost every country has been affected—including Trump's own—and sacrificed at the altar of the tariffs to "Make America Great Again". Or, as some will say, they have been left at the mercy of the whims and fancies of a modern-day potentate, who, to compound problems, tends to fulminate a lot—in public. If that ruptures the US' relations with traditional allies like Canada, or inexorably damages the 21st century's "most consequential" partnership—according to Joe Biden—with India, it's of no concern to the new American Emperor.