Is it just a coincidence or a diplomatic experiment by the new US President Donald Trump that the head of the world’s most powerful country spoke on the phone with the head of the second most powerful country for an hour and a half? This conversation has taken place at a time when Trump is going to meet the Prime Minister of India, a country that is growing rapidly and is moving towards becoming an economic superpower. Well, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the US is being discussed all over the world and it is being said that the relations between the two countries have become better than ever.
Trump will host Prime Minister Modi on Thursday. This will be the first bilateral meeting between the two leaders since Trump became President for the second time last month. In this meeting, Modi and Trump will have a wide-ranging discussion on increasing cooperation between the two countries in areas such as bilateral trade, investment, energy, defense, technology and immigration, but this global development has woken up the world’s second most powerful country, China, from its slumber.
In fact, Donald Trump wants to open a front against China by taking Russia and India along and not only isolate it around the world but also stop its regional dominance and trade bullying. Trump had hinted at this during the election campaign itself and announced it when he took office last month. By imposing a 10 percent tariff on China, Trump has given it a clear message that its reign is coming to an end. China has also started a trade war by imposing a 15% retaliatory tax on coal and gas imported from the US.
Why are you taking India with you?
Now Trump has started bringing Russia, which has recently become China’s most trusted friend and ally, to his side. Trump wants to take Russia with him and reduce its eastern tilt, i.e. tilt towards China, and isolate China by linking it with America. American experts and Trump’s strategists believe that his main opponent is China, not Russia, so Trump is giving the example of World War II to Russian President Putin and inviting him to come together again. Perhaps that is why Trump, after talking to Putin, not only accepted the invitation to go to Moscow but also invited him to come to Washington. Apart from this, the US administration is also trying to involve India, its major ally in Asia and China’s regional rival, in this campaign.
Russia distanced itself from the US under the Biden administration
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