While extending Diwali greetings, the Republican presidential candidate mentioned Bangladesh remained in a state of whole chaos and alleged that his Democratic rival, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and President Joe Biden had ignored Hindus internationally and in America.
Donald Trump (left), PM Modi (proper)
Former US President Donald Trump on Thursday condemned the assaults on Hindus in Bangladesh, vowed to strengthen ties with India, and described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his good buddy.
While extending Diwali greetings, the Republican presidential candidate mentioned Bangladesh remained in a state of whole chaos and alleged that his Democratic rival, Vice-President Kamala Harris, and President Joe Biden had ignored Hindus internationally and in America.
“I strongly condemn the barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a total state of chaos,” Trump mentioned in a submit on Truth Social, his social media website.
This is the primary time Trump has spoken on the turmoil that has gripped Bangladesh after college students’ protests introduced down the Sheikh Hasina authorities and compelled the Prime Minister to flee the nation on August 5.
Hundreds of Hindus have been killed in July-August in Bangladesh and proceed to be focused. “It would have never happened on my watch. Kamala and Joe have ignored Hindus across the world and in America. They have been a disaster from Israel to Ukraine to our own Southern Border, but we will Make America Strong Again and bring back Peace through Strength,” Trump posted.
“We will also protect Hindu Americans against the anti-religion agenda of the radical left. We will fight for your freedom. Under my administration, we will also strengthen our great partnership with India and my good friend, Prime Minister Modi,” he added.
“Kamala Harris will destroy your small businesses with more regulations and higher taxes. By contrast, I cut taxes, cut regulations, unleashed American energy, and built the greatest economy in history. We will do it again, bigger and better than ever before and we will Make America Great Again,” Trump went on.
“Also, Happy Diwali to All. I hope the Festival of Lights leads to the Victory of Good over Evil,” mentioned the previous President, who’s in an in depth combat with Harris for the November 5 presidential election.
Hindu-American teams applauded Trump for his pledge to guard the rights of Hindus. Some of them underlined that Democrats have been shedding the assist of Indian-Americans whereas the Republicans have been gaining it.
Utsav Sanduja, founder and chairman of Hindus for America First, informed PTI in an interview that the group was grateful to “President Trump”.
“I’m very grateful to President Trump, eternally grateful and eternally appreciative. It sucks that Kamala Harris hasn’t said anything about this issue. I think that there’s going to be a big change in this election coming from this,” Sanduja mentioned.
HinduMotion, one other US-based outfit, additionally thanked Trump. “As you rightly pointed out, the situation of the Hindus in Bangladesh is precarious. Below is a summary head with regularly updated data on the atrocities against Hindus in Bangladesh,” it mentioned.
“Thank you President Trump for showing moral clarity and unequivocally condemning anti-Hindu pogroms in Bangladesh,” mentioned Indian-American Nathan Punwani.
“Trump is a great man and a great leader; full credit goes to him for wishing all the Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs a very blessed Diwali. I think Trump really, really cares about these communities. He really understands what’s going on in Bangladesh. He sees the ongoing persecution of Hindus. He is concerned about religious minorities that are suffering right now in that country,” Sanduja mentioned.
“He has done such great favour to millions of Americans who are concerned about human rights issues. To deliver on Diwali, such an auspicious day, such a magnificent thing. I’d like to say that many of us in the Hindu community played a small part in persuading President Trump’s team, talking about this, giving briefings, and putting papers together,” he added.
“We are seeing that 60 percent of Indian Americans are supporting Kamala Harris. In the last election, I think 68 percent supported Biden. There’s a dip in support for the Democratic presidential candidate. Trump, last time around, had 22 percent of the Indian American community. Now he’s at 32 percent. This is according to Carnegie Endowment’s latest survey on Indian American attitudes,” Sanduja mentioned.
“With this statement, it’s going to open up the eyes of more Indian Americans, Hindu Americans, and so on. They’re going to give President Trump the vote.”
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by DNA employees and is printed from PTI)
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