Donald Trump's unpredictability, many foreign policy experts anticipate a «strong momentum» in India-US ties under his second administration while others have cautioned that there will be «some challenges» going forward. Trump on Monday took oath as the 47th President of the United States and announced a raft of executive decisions while saying that the «golden age» of America has just begun.
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Veteran diplomat Veena Sikri in New Delhi said, «I think, President Trump is determined to start off his second administration with a bang, as they say.»
«He has planned a lot of decisions and a lot of initiatives that he wants to take right at the very beginning to create that big impact. But with President Trump, there is one thing: you have to expect the unexpected. He is always known for that,» she told PTI soon after the inauguration.
The emphatic return of the 78-year-old Republican leader to power after his historic victory in the US elections in November and its potential impact on India-US bilateral ties has been much talked about both in New Delhi and Washington.
However, Sikri, India's former High Commissioner to Bangladesh, feels the new Trump administration «will be building upon what has already been achieved in the relationship between India and the USA under the Biden administration».
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