Donald Trump is set to be sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday, January 20. When asked whether the Republican leader taking over the Oval Office would be “good for India”, Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri replied, “If you are in a world of diplomacy, you never say good or bad.”
Hardeep Singh Puri elaborated on his statement, saying, “It is for the people of a country to decide. The United States has elected the President. We welcome doing business.”
“As far as President Trump is concerned, I mean, he has very good chemistry with the Prime Minister (Narendra Modi). People have worked with him. I have known him for many years.”
The Petroleum and Natural Gas minister said, “I don't like to play up my own knowledge of it, but when he came I was a minister in waiting, and I have seen him. I used to live in the World Trump Tower. I used to meet him every year.
“Then he (Donald Trump) was neither the President nor I was only the Ambassador,” he added.
Emphasising the relationship between India and the US, Hardeep Singh Puri said, “The relationship between India and the US is very strong on a bipartisan basis. And I think the Trump victory is something which many people in India, but we will have to evaluate what it means in terms of trade policy, what it means in other areas”.
Donald Trump will be sworn in today, January 20, as the 47th president of the United States. The inauguration will take place indoors due to dangerously cold temperatures projected in the nation’s capital. It will likely be the coldest Inauguration Day since 1985.
The guest list includes political leaders like Jaishankar, former presidents like Barack Obama and George W. Bush, and influential billionaires like Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
Country music star Carrie Underwood will perform “America the Beautiful.”
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