Slighted by Trump, India must rejig foreign policy paradigm

Jun 7, 2025 - 21:30

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Indians were shocked by US President Donald Trump asking American CEOs and industrialists to not base their manufacturing facilities in India.

Trump reportedly told Apple CEO Tim Cook that he does not want him to manufacture iPhones in India. He threatened Apple with 25% tariffs if they did so.

This is not the first time that Trump directed major industry leaders not to manufacture in India.

Earlier, in February, he had told Elon Musk not to set up a Tesla factory in India as that would be “unfair” to the US. This directive came just after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the US President and the Tesla CEO on February 13 with the hope that Tesla would build in India.

These provocative actions have sorely disappointed Indians who were expecting to be beneficiaries of Trump’s benevolence as US companies moved out of China.

In addition, Indians were shocked at the way illegal migrants from the country were degraded, criminalised and transported back to India in fetters on a military aircraft. And now, Indian students are not getting visas or their visas are being cancelled disrupting their studies at US universities.