US Presidential Elections and Donald Trump: Former US President Donald Trump today claimed that if elected to the presidency, he would retaliate against countries that impose tariffs on American goods. India imposes the highest tariffs on foreign goods, but does so with a smile. Trump said in Detroit that we are not charging any tariff, but China is charging 200 percent tariff. Brazil also charges tariffs but India charges the highest tariff among them. However, Trump softened his criticism of India by praising his friend Modi.
Trump said, “I want to impose retaliatory tariffs to make America prosperous again.” We would like to impose tariffs against that country to the same extent. The move to impose a counter-tariff is important in my plan because we generally do not take any tariffs.
In his speech regarding economic policies, Trump said that India is the 100th largest tariff charger. Our relations with India are strong. I have a special relationship with their leader Modi. He is a great leader. He is really a great person. He has done a very good job of bringing the two countries together. I think India charges higher tariffs than China but they do it with a smile. They say, thank you for buying so much from India.
Even earlier this week, Trump had praised Modi and called him the best person. Modi is my friend. This is very good. Before him they used to change their leader every year. Everything was very unstable. Then came Modi. He is my friend. On the outside he looks like your father, he is a nice guy but he is equally difficult to fool. Recalling the Howdy Modi program held in Houston during his tenure, Trump said that it was a beautiful arrangement. 80,000 people went mad. I have a very good relationship with him.
Trump said that once someone had threatened India. I told Modi to let me work with these people, I know them well. But he replied aggressively that I would direct him. We have been defeating them for thousands of years. I will take all the steps they need to do directly. Then what happened there was amazing. Apparently Trump was talking about surgical strike on Pakistan. However, he did not make as much of a fuss as usual.