Emotional, transactional, ideological: What India gains from Trump's comeback -- RT India

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : At a massive political-cultural rally in Houston in 2019, with Trump by his side, Modi erred seriously while trying to persuade the Indian-American community that the US president was a good bet for a second term.
61% : "Modi followed up with a phone call to Trump, reiterating that he looks forward to "working closely together once again to further strengthen India-US relations across technology, defense, energy, space, and several other sectors.
58% : But Trump is certainly a wiser and more experienced politician today than he was in his first term.
56% : "The government kept its cards close to its chest given the expected tight race between current VP Kamala Harris and Trump.
53% : India's official stance is that relations with Washington have steadily progressed during the tenures of US President Joe Biden and his four predecessors, including Trump.
50% : "Notably, the core constituency of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has come to believe that Trump is 'pro-Hindu'.
48% : The 'known unknown' is how Trump uses the short time of four years to boost his MAGA movement.
44% : Trump and Modi are pragmatic and independent deal makers.
31% : The government is betting that Trump will snuff out the highly embarrassing allegations by Ottawa and Washington that New Delhi plotted to kill Khalistan separatists living in the US and Canada.
31% : Trump may even calm tensions with Moscow and turn his back on the proxy war in Ukraine.
28% : Modi's nativism outstrips Trump's.
26% : In September, he had a change of mind about meeting with Trump.
26% : Indeed, Trump wouldn't be interested at all in a witch hunt of the Indian leadership.
19% : However, Trump has a poor opinion of Trudeau and will gladly throw him under the bus.
18% : (Trump had a public spat with Trudeau during the controversial G7 summit in Quebec in 2018, from which he abruptly walked out, refusing to put his signature on the final declaration.)
12% : Equally, Trump may not make such a big fuss (as the Biden administration is doing) over India's relations with Russia or Modi's warm relations with President Vladimir Putin.

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