‘Trump is miffed with India because…’, former diplomat Vikas Swarup makes shocking claims

US President Donald Trump has made it a point, in almost all his media interactions in the recent past, to claim he played a role in brokering truce between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor in May. However, India has remained firm on its stance that no foreign party had any role in ceasefire. New Delhi’s this unyielding stance has miffed President Trump, said former diplomat Vikas Swarup.

One of the reasons behind President Trump announcing strict tariffs is because India’s decision not to buckle under his pressure tactic.

The former High Commissioner to Canada described the United States’ current relationship with Pakistan as a short-term, tactical arrangement driven largely by financial interests, while stressing that US-India ties remain strategic.

In an interview with the news agency ANI, Swarup said, “We have to understand why these tariffs have been imposed….One, Trump is not happy with India because we are a member of BRICS…he has got this notion that BRICS is an anti-American alliance which is hell-bent on creating an alternative currency to the dollar…he feels that India should not be a member of the BRICS.”

“Trump has now said almost 30 times that it was he who got the two countries to stop back from the brink, who stopped a nuclear conflagration in the subcontinent. So, he is miffed that India has not acknowledged his role, whereas Pakistan has not only acknowledged his role but has even nominated him for a Nobel Peace Prize,” Swarup added.

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