Roots of Power

India under PM Modi is playing the long game, not looking towards the next soundbite on television but towards the needs of the next generation.

- M.D. NALAPAT

President Donald Trump is making a decision that is inexplicable from his own personal point of view as well as that of the United States. Taking aim not at the actual adversary of his country but at a necessary partner in dealing with the efforts of that adversary to displace the US as the Numero Uno in the global order defies geopolitical and even political needs. Whether it be African Americans, Indian Americans or the disadvantaged citizens of European descent, who voted for him on the promise of a better life, are seeing the opposite come to pass. The jobs they held, whether it be as lumberjacks or as shop assistants, are disappearing as a consequence of the billionaire-focused policies of the US President. As such complaints multiply from their constituents, Senate and House of Representatives Members are growing uneasy at the fallout and are finally beginning to react. As for the US Supreme Court, the Justices are overall of impeccable integrity, including those in office because of the Trump dispensation. The Supreme Court can safely be counted on to come on the side of upholding the US Constitution and doing so with integrity. Meanwhile, India under Prime Minister Narendra Modi is playing the long game, not looking towards the next soundbite on television but towards the needs of the next generation.