According to an official release, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump, during which Trump extended birthday greetings to Modi. In a social media post, Modi expressed shared commitment with Trump to advance the India-US Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership to new heights. Modi also reaffirmed India’s support for Trump’s efforts toward a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict. On a Social Media post, Trump described the call as “wonderful,” thanking Modi for his support in seeking an end to the Russia-Ukraine war. This indicates that the call was made by Modi, not by Trump; which is logical if Modi actually ignored four earlier calls by Trump – unless that was paid propaganda. If Modi refused four calls by Trump, how come White House swallowed this snub – no statement?
The Indian establishment was jubilant with Trump wishing Modi happy birthday. The media, highlighting India’s geographic position, economic strength, and democratic credentials, pointed to Trump unexpectedly shift in praising Modi a “great Prime Minister” and India-US ties “very special”, while Modi, in a measured and statesmanlike response, reciprocated warmly and underlined the strength of the partnership. Also mentioned was the strength of the Indian diaspora in the US that forms a natural bridge between the two democracies and are an important factor in shaping US policies towards India.
Amid this jubilation about the Modi-Trump friendship, we forgot Henry Kissinger had said, “It may be dangerous to be America’s enemy, but to be America’s friend is fatal.” Also, America’s powerful deep state wants a puppet as the POTUS who will continue to wage wars globally, even as it is causing polarization, high-profile killings and deep fissures within America. Who better than a psychotic-sociopath like Trump who increasingly endangers the world? The attack on Capitol Hill organized by him more than four years back (January 6, 2021) was only a small indication. Of course, the deep state allows him to make any amount of money for himself. That’s why his family wealth has nearly doubled to USD 10 billion since he won the second presidency, according to Forbes.
Trump is surpassing expectations of the deep state. Continuously faking Russian airspace violation of NATO-EU countries, he asks NATO to shoot down Russian jets, while NATO prepares to enter Ukraine from the backdoor, with 26 countries prepared to send troops to Ukraine under garb of guaranteeing security. Trump now says Ukraine can win back all its land. Having vetoed the UN move to expose the carnage in Gaza and overlooking war crimes of Ukraine, Trump blasted the UN for not doing its job, while claiming he stopped seven wars (including between India and Pakistan), even while supporting obliterating Palestine and permanentizing the Ukraine War. He wants to sanction the entire International Criminal Court (ICC).
With all the finesses with which Tel Aviv undertakes precision strikes, missing the Hamas leadership in Doha in the Israeli strike was only aimed at orchestrating the emergency Arab Summit at Doha on September 15, 2025, with Pakistan (the joker in the pack) recommending an Arab-Islamic NATO with its nuclear muscle. Fakery of the summit showing united response to Israel (sic), was actually a signal to Iran, which Trump wants to demolish and make the Middle East kneel. This is hardly surprising with Emir Thani of Qatar (Trump’s bumchum) even gifting Trump a private jet.
Trump has been ruing the parade on his own birthday totally eclipsed by the massive Victory Day Parade on September 3, 2025. There is a view that this led to Trump wishing Modi on his birthday, while another view is that for billions of dollars of defence exports, including the USD 8 billion deal in the making of India importing P-81 aircraft, Trump would wish anyone – even North Korea’s Kim un-Jong.
Modi’s spectacular worldwide birthday bash was preceded by months of planning, preparation and contacting individuals and organizations, at home and abroad, what was expected of them (as revealed in social media), in addition to flooding the mainstream digital and print media. Even otherwise, every newspaper must carry 5-6 photos of Modi. According to one report, schools have been instructed to show clips on Modi’s childhood till October 2, 2025. But the planning, preparation of America’s deep state against India, culminating with Trump, far outweighs all this. The regime changes in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Nepal point to this.
The emergency Arab Summit in Doha on September 15, followed by the Saudi-Pakistan Defence Agreement (SPDA) two days later are mainly Iran-centric but the ‘yes-men’ in India interpreting Trump lifting the waiver on Chabahar (adversely affecting India) as simply keeping “friend” India away from the war on Iran is most stupid. Moreover, Trump has patronized Pakistan and declared the Balochistan Liberations Army (BLA) foreign terrorist organization; having adverse repercussions on India. While acknowledging NATO buys Russian oil, Trump still accuses India and China of fuelling the Ukraine War. But the EU has still warned India on September 17 over Russian oil purchase and military exercises with Moscow; so much for trumpeting that the India-EU trade deal is coming soon.
Trump initially announced USD 100,000 per head per year for foreign nationals working in the US – effective September 20, 2025. But after he was told it would kill the US IT industry. So, he has toned it down to only new entrants, while exempting doctors. Trump’s move was primarily to target Indian employees in the US; also voiced by Charlie Kirk. This will limit India’s wanting to join the US IT industry – why would the company pay USD 100,000 for a new entrant? Our media calls this a golden opportunity for the IT and business in the Global Capability Centre (GCC) plus claiming Bengaluru as India’s Silicon Valley but without acknowledging GCCs are units of multinational corporations (MNCs).
Referring to Trump blasting foreign/foreign-origin employees in the US at the World Economic Forum 2025, a two-star strategist-scholar, an expert in IT and cyber, question why the likes of Sundar Pichai have nothing to say, and adds, “All these honchos have left India for greener pasture.
They are all US citizens, otherwise they cannot climb the ladder. To become a US citizen, they have to go through a process which is not very pleasant including vow to take up arms for the US, if need be. Trump may be the biggest b##%&@& on earth. But we are in serious trouble. Is America going down our concern? The rosy picture of people coming back for Viksit Bharat – why did they leave India? Will they come back to India or go to Europe and China for the moolah? What facilities like world class labs or research centres have we created? GCCs work for foreign industries – what good is it for us if people join GCCs?”
As India’s Prime Minister, Narendra Modi created history canvassing for Trump on American soil through multiple rallies, even sloganeering ‘Ab Ki Baar Trump Sarkar” holding Trump’s hand. Some say Trump was miffed when Modi welcomed him in the cricket stadium at Ahmedabad, addressing him as “Dolund Trump”, thinking Modi was referring to the Epstein Files. But that couldn’t be the case. Morality anyway is not in the lexicon of the American hierarchy, with a post reading: “Missing Bill Clinton – Those were the days when the US president focused on screwing just one person p not the whole world”. Now Elon Musk’s father, Errol Musk, is accused of abusing five of his children over three decades!
According to some analysts, a major reason why Trump changed his attitude against India is when India started thumping its cultural nationalism globally – not that Trump is not doing the same. India’s ethnic cleansing experiment of Christian tribals in Manipur has also raised concerns of America’s deep state. Trump has Nazi genes, with his grandfather having migrated from Germany, and probably is going after Indians, akin to American invaders hounding the native Red Indians.
With the America economy in decline and external debt rising to an unprecedented level of USD 25.8 trillion of as of May 2025, there is talk of government shutdown. But this will never happen, as always, because the US Congress will keep raising the limits. Trump will no doubt face criticism and impediments but as Jeffery Sachs says, the Congress has abdicated its responsibility and the judiciary appears non-committal – fearing assassinations? For people who have children and grandchildren in the western world, there is reason to worry. But Trump will generally have his way unless he is impeached – which is unlikely.
The pursuit of excellence is a never-ending process. In India’s case, the problem is not just flaunting cultural nationalism globally that the West abhors, but also failing to recognize there is a problem, diverting attention to side issues plus fakery to impress indigenous population. India is in Trump’s crosshairs and talks on an India-US trade deal are still going on with Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goel in the US, following Navarro’s trip to India. The propaganda already is that India has rejected the US deal (what is the offer?) and India’s chief economic adviser V Anantha Nageswaran said two days earlier that the ‘reciprocal’ half of that 50% levy could come down to around 10% or 15%. All this while Piyush Goel lauds India-US cooperation in green energy. None in India dare question why the INR is the lowest ever compared to the USD.
Concurrently, EAM Jaishankar, who went to the US in wake of Trump’s 50% tariffs, describes his meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio as constructive and essential for sustained progress. “Good to meet Secretary of State Marco Rubio this morning in New York. Our conversation covered a range of bilateral and international issues of current concern. Agreed on the importance of sustained engagement to progress on priority areas. We will remain in touch,” he posted on X. Similar diplomatic lingo is used with relation to China, while the PLA continues to occupy its new locations in Ladakh and there is no hope whatsoever of pulling back. Most amusing is the Modi-led ‘GST Utsav’ being celebrated in India; with the same government having imposed extremely high GST rates over the past several years screwing the s**t out of the public, especially the lower and middle class with sky-high prices of daily commodities.
The author is an Indian army veteran. Views expressed are personal.
