No Government across the Globe is happy with the new President of USA. They are neither able to support him or oppose him. The way he is going against the Muslims and the HI-B visas is forcing people and the corporates to go against him.
The question of how to handle Donald Trump is proving to be a major headache for governments around the world, and there is no agreement on how best to do it. The ISIS on its own is saying that the way Trump is dealing with the Muslims and the Muslim countries benefits them in a big way.
The shared fear, reflected across the international community, is that everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. The heads of various nations are pondering as to where this finally lead to and what is going to happen to America in the near future.
After braving the White House last week the UK prime minister, Theresa May, was castigated for her allegedly fawning behaviour towards the new US president. How far was this right. Is it a right decision or a wrong one? How far is it right to involve the family members in the administration.
But the UK government believes, pragmatically, that Trump’s objectionable views and actions, such as his support for torture and his travel ban on seven mainly Muslim countries, must not be allowed to undermine the “special relationship”.
Heads of some Nations opined that it is better for Trump to be left alone for some time and later he should be taken in for confidence and explained as to what is what.
Saudi Arabia, which was not on Trump’s hit list, is also taking a practical approach. King Salman did not raise the travel ban when he spoke to Trump , according to official accounts. Most of them are following the wait and watch approach.
Khalid al-Falih, the Saudi oil minister, emphasised the positive instead, welcoming Trump’s policy on fossil fuels and ignoring the rest. Pakistan, also exempted, is keeping its head down too.
No one is able to react on the attitude of Trump with immediate effect. Because as of now Trump is acting in the name of curtailing Terrorism.
Acquiescence, or what critics call appeasement, has not found favour in some European capitals. The French approach, typified by François Hollande, the country’s outgoing president, has been visceral and emotional.
When they spoke last weekend, Hollande lectured Trump on democratic principles and the dangers of protectionism. “Withdrawal into oneself is a dead-end response,” he said. But Trump is taking his own route and as of now there is non to stop. Who every try to meddle with him are facing the axe.
Lets hope India will prevail upon Trump and his partisan attitude in the near future.
U.Srinivas
Editor
