Saturday, December 28, 2024

Too many chiefs, not enough Indians?

 

FIVE Indians have been appointed to top positions by Trump, despite their smaller population (4.8 million) compared to the 48 million African Americans, for whom only one nominee, Scott Turner, has been selected for a significant role. During Trump's first term, Ben Carson was appointed as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, raising concerns about whether African Americans are only deemed suitable for that position. 

Additionally, the presence of Indian Americans in the administration, including V.P. J.D. Vance's (Hindu) wife, Usha (Bala Chilukuri) Vance, and the religious affiliations of several Indian American appointees are predominantly Hindu
Vivek Ramaswamy, Kask Patel, Indian-born Jay Bhattacharya & Sriram Krisnan, are Hindus. Besides these, American Samoa-born Tulsi Gabbard is also Hindu. And we can't forget to mention that Indian born Harmeet Dhillon is a Sikh.

These nominations are perplexing at a time when P.M. Narendra Modi's Hindu Nationalist government is an active proponent of De-Dollarization (reduction of the U.S. Dollar's reserve currency status) through its central membership in the BRICS economic bloc.




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