Navtej Sarna, former Ambassador to the US, who served in Washington during the first two years of the first Trump presidency, said Trump 2.0 threatens “tremendous disruption on several fronts”. He added that this will “question the very basis of international relations”. Calling it “Trump unplugged”, Sarna said this will amount to “considerably greater destabilisation” and that India and the world we must be prepared for it.

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