US President Donald Trump should be in a good mood when he lands in India on February 24. The impeachment drama is behind him; even if his acquittal by the Republican-controlled Senate was a foregone conclusion, the Teflon-coated president must have found the scrappy process bruising. The US economy is booming, unemployment numbers are incredibly low, immigration is down and wages are up. Favourite Republican checkboxes— deregulation, tax cuts and judicial appointments— have been ticked off. China, hit by his aggressive trade policies and the 2019 novel coronavirus disease, is down for the moment; Iran is on the back foot with the dramatic killing of Qassem Soleimani; an Afghan deal that could pave the way for US withdrawal is in the offing; and the Israeli right as well as Trump’s evangelical Christian backers are thrilled with his Middle East plan, even if the Arabs and Palestinians are dismissive. To top it all, the Democrat challenge to his re-election in November has got off to a chaotic start.
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