Trump Loves Modi — but Obama Loved Him First
Donald Trump has been rightly condemned for his buddy-buddy relationship with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. But it was Barack Obama who helped legitimize the far-right leader in the first place.
Sheetal Chhabria is author of Making the Modern Slum: The Power of Capital in Colonial Bombay and associate professor of history at Connecticut College.
Donald Trump has been rightly condemned for his buddy-buddy relationship with Indian prime minister Narendra Modi. But it was Barack Obama who helped legitimize the far-right leader in the first place.