The cheap political vendetta conspired by the outgoing Biden Administration against its main political adversary, Donald Trump, finally fell apart on November 15, when a federal judge, Tanya Chutakan, allowed special counsel, Jack Smith’s request to clear all court deadlines from the case against the President-elect. Earlier, Smith’s accusation that Trump mishandled classified information was dismissed on a technical ground that he did not have the mandate to prosecute him.
The court’s permission to the official of the Justice Department is just a tip of an iceberg of the paradigm changes being witnessed in the US establishment undergoing unprecedented churning of the systems; it is hoped that the battle lines between the old order and the ambassadors of changes will be more pronounced, when on January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration will finally be inaugurated. Meanwhile, the appointment of Matt Gaetz as the Attorney General, who has just quite his seat in the Congress, might further expose the inability of the Justice Department to take appropriate action against the growing Chinese influence in American media. The Chinese companies owned by the Communist Party of China and the Red Army have shares in major media channels and newspapers.
It is not only, Tanya Chutakan, a judge from a non-white background, the proposal to appoint Senator, Marco Rubio, as Secretary of State, a Latino, indicates that the stress of the Trump Administration would be focused on a multi-ethnical system of governance. It may be noted that Tanya’s grand-parents were brought to Jamaica as indentured labor from India to work on sugar farms. The appointment of Vivek Ramaswamy in the new cabinet has already been announced.
It may be noted that if Rubio’s elevation is finalized, it is expected to have worldwide repercussions. He is not known for not having any friendly approach towards China. It means that the Trump Administration would be pursuing a more hardline approach in dealing with the US’s foreign adversaries like China, Iran and Cuba. The recent revelation of the names of the three Iranian conspirators by Justice Department for planning to assassinate Trump might also have much tougher American policy against the radical Islamists worldwide.
New Narrative- In domestic policies, the partisan approach, has been noticed even in the distribution of the much-needed assistance to the victims of the cyclones off the Mexico coast. The cyclones hit the regions during October-November every year. It was confirmed, when the Federal Emergency Management Agency director, Deanne Criswell, stated that an employee of her organization has recently been terminated for denying assistance to the victims for supporting the President-elect, Donald Trump.
During the recently held elections, the party has not only got its nominee, Donald Trump, elected to the presidency, it has overwhelmed the political adversary, the Democrats, in the bicameral American Congress, the Senate and the House of Representatives. It, perhaps, might have been surprising, if not shocking, to a large number of political commentators that despite favoring stringent laws for the immigrants, how Trump could successfully enlist the support of the Latino population in the recently held presidential election.
It is also believed that his decision to appoint a multi-ethnic cabinet, Trump might have been trying to position himself as a leader not harboring any animosity against any social group by appointing a Cuban-American as the Secretary of State.
The political observers as well as the experts of the strategic affairs in New Delhi and Washington, perhaps, are in unison that during his presidency, Joe Biden, has been following, if not indulging, in policies without any focus. In case of India, his administration, including the deep state or CIA, has been signing huge contracts, but only a fraction of these commitments could percolate down at the ground level during the past four years.
Both Biden and his protégé, Kamala Harris, a descent of Indian-African couple and the Vice-President, who was later fielded to contest for presidency on the Democratic Party ticket, have been seen a befitting nominee for the highest office for supporting the illegal immigration, and later giving them voting rights and also offering them welfare allowances. In spite being an ardent follower of the President Barrack Obama traditions of the Democratic Party, she could not carve out a strong constituency even among the Latino and other immigrants.
It appears that her political detractors have succeeded in convincing a large number of the American voters, representing the migrants from South Asia, including Indians, Bangladeshis and Pakistanis that she was for them. On the other hand, for many, she symbolized the American establishment promoting anti-democratic elements in Asia and other parts of the world. It may be noted that there is a sizeable presence of Bangladeshis as taxi drivers, tea vendors and others doing blue collar jobs in New York metropolitan areas. It was not taken kindly by them, when a democratically elected Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina, was forcefully evicted from the high office by the Islamists in Dacca. It is also being noted that the Biden Administration has not only been reluctant to condemn the end of democracy in Dacca, but even was seen blessing the conspirators. It is widely believed that the ouster of Hasina was conspiracy, a joint venture of the Bangladesh Army, Jamaat-e- Islam, the Chinese and the American intelligence.
Further, the voters of the Indian origin were unhappy that while Biden Administration pampered the Sikh extremists, a case was lodged against India’s National Security Advisor, Ajit Doval. Similarly, Biden Administration did little to support the democratic forces in Myanmar. Instead, it was also being accused for conspiring to promote a new state, Crown Country, indeed a dream of the British rulers in India, comprising the pre-dominant Christian states of India’s north-eastern region, Mizoram, Nagaland, Meghalaya and the border provinces of Myanmar comprising the Chin and Shan areas. Similarly, Joe Biden had abandoned the issue of the autonomy for Tibet. During his vice-presidency, he had met his then counterpart, Xi Jinping, now president of China, in Tibet, thus formally ending any commitment or support towards the hapless people of the region and their leader, Dalai Lama.
For many, Trump’s agenda for peace, accompanied by fortifying the demographic aggressions from the neighbors, emphasizing on taking affirmative initiatives for ending the Russia-Ukraine War and the ongoing conflict in West Asia, might look like a mission of Don Quixote. And in the case of Cuba, it has to abandon its policy allowing the Chinese to set up intelligence devices to pry on American institutions, especially military deployments in the region.
Gopal Misra has been associated with national and international media. His books on journalism and geo-politics have been well-appreciated. Views are personal.
