The Stupid and Unnecessary Economic War Against India
Launching an economic war on India is the most Trumpian blunder of the three because it appears to be driven almost entirely by his wounded vanity.
Fareed Zakaria makes the case that Trump’s attack on India is his worst foreign policy blunder to date:
President Donald Trump’s sudden, inexplicable hostility toward India reverses policies pursued under five administrations, including his own previous one. If this new attitude holds, it might be the biggest strategic mistake of his presidency so far.
If we aren’t including the major unforced errors of Trump’s first term, attacking India with tariffs for no good reason certainly ranks as one of the top three blunders Trump has made since returning to office. The president’s continued unconditional backing for the war and genocide in Gaza is clearly the worst thing he has done. U.S. support for Netanyahu’s genocidal government will haunt us and damage our interests for years to come. His decision to bomb Iran was a colossal error whose full costs we won’t know for some time. Launching an economic war on India is the most Trumpian blunder of the three because it appears to be driven almost entirely by his wounded vanity.