New Delhi : In a sharp and eloquent rebuttal to US President Donald Trump’s jibe labelling India a “dead economy”, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor drew an evocative comparison, calling the Republican leader a schoolyard bully and declaring that the United States had picked the wrong target.
Whoever is in the Indian government, whichever party is in power – our self-respect is simply not up for bargaining. As far as the substance is concerned, by all means keep a cool head, by all means try to negotiate over the next three weeks and try to explain to Americans why we have certain red lines. We have 700 million people in our country who are dependent on agriculture. We cannot sell them down the river with subsidised American grains flooding our market. There are other areas where we might be able to show some flexibility and some give,” he said.
He noted that India could afford to show flexibility in certain areas, much like it did during Donald Trump’s first term as US President when New Delhi eased import duties on Harley-Davidson motorcycles. That concession, he pointed out, carried little real impact for most Indians, as such high-end bikes remain within reach of only a small segment of the population.
When asked about Donald Trump’s use of deplorable language and whether India had misread the US President-especially in his second term, when New Delhi extended a hand of friendship only to be met with steep tariffs – Shashi Tharoor likened Trump’s “dead economy” remark to “a schoolyard bully telling a smaller child that your mother is ugly.
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