‘Trump Never Interfered In J&K Issue, Stood Up To China’: Campaign Team

Washington:

US President Donald Trump has hit the appropriate chord with India by standing as much as China and by no means intervening within the Kashmir concern, officers of his presidential marketing campaign have asserted.

Seeking re-election for a second consecutive time period, Trump, 74, is pitted towards Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, 77, within the November three presidential elections.

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit the US, there was a file drop in unemployment fee of Indian-Americans below the Trump administration, his Indian-American supporters mentioned.

US President Trump elevated India’s stature on the world stage, stood as much as China in assist of India and has by no means intervened within the Kashmir concern, they claimed.

“In a nutshell, Trump has hit the right chord with India and Indian-Americans,” mentioned Al Mason, the co-chair for the Trump Victory Indian-American Finance Committee and for the just lately created “Indian Voices for Trump”.

The Trump marketing campaign’s robust pitch that he’s the most effective guess for the group and India-US relationship for the subsequent 4 years comes on the eve of the Democratic National Convention that might for the primary time nominate an Indian-American and an African-American, Senator Kamala Harris, because the occasion’s vice-presidential candidate.

Born to a Jamaican father and an Indian mom, California senator Harris, 55, if elected, can be second in line of succession after Biden.

“The choice for Indian-Americans is clear this fall, four more years for Trump/Pence (Vice President Mike Pence),” mentioned Harmeet Kaur Dhillon, an eminent Indian-American lawyer and a senior Republican Party chief from California.

Ms Dhillion can also be the co-chair for Indian Voices for Trump by the Trump Campaign.

“President Trump has been a great friend to India, with historic warmth and feeling between the two allies, and that will only continue in the next four years. President Trump is also a friend of religious liberty, very important to the diaspora Hindus, Sikhs and Muslims who came here from India,” Ms Dhillon mentioned.

Prior to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the unemployment fee amongst Indian-Americans dropped by almost 33.33 per cent, a senior official of the Trump administration informed PTI.

The unemployment fee for Indian-Americans dropped from 4.1 per cent in 2015 to a file low of two.5 per cent in 2019, in accordance with the US Bureau of Labor Statistics.

“Indian-Americans are arguably the group that have most benefited from America’s freedoms which include free markets, freedom to pursue happiness and freedom to aspire and strive for the best life possible. Also, personal freedom to practice one’s religion,” Mrinalini Kumari, co-chair of the Indian Voices for Trump, mentioned.

Employment amongst Indian-Americans elevated from 2.1 million in 2016 to an all-time excessive of two.5 million in 2019, in accordance with the most recent figures from the Department of Labor.

Indian-American members of the Trump marketing campaign attribute this to the financial insurance policies of his administration.

“The Indian-American community is filled with hard-working achievers who create jobs, technology, and small businesses, all of which have thrived thanks to Trump,” Ms Dhillon mentioned.

“In addition to these economic metrics, the administration’s focus on equal opportunity as opposed to quotas has ensured educational and job opportunities for Indian-American students and workers,” Ms Dhillon mentioned.

Referring to his latest survey in battle floor states, Mason mentioned that Indian-Americans really feel revered and acknowledged for the primary time by a US president.

“No other US President has ever given the respect to an Indian Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) or to India , as much as President Trump has,” he mentioned.

“President Trump has elevated India’s stature on the world stage. Of course, credit also goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his smart policy towards the US. The India-US relationship has never been stronger, and the Indian-American community in the US largely credits both Trump and Modi for deepening the ties between the two countries,” Mason mentioned.

During Trump’s tenure in workplace, power exports to India have grown considerably, producing billions of {dollars} in US revenues, in accordance with one other senior administration official.

In India, ExxonMobil signed a deal to additional enhance India’s pure gasoline distribution community so the nation can settle for much more US LNG exports.

“Thanks to Prime Minister Modi and President Trump’s trust and good friendship, India will procure over USD3 billion in US military equipment, including Apache and MH-60R helicopters,” mentioned the official on the situation of anonymity.

In 2018, India’s JSW Steel introduced that it could make investments as much as USD 500 million to revitalise a shuttered metal plant within the nice state of Ohio.

“Kashmir is the most sensitive issue for every Indian, as well as every Indian-American. Trump has never interfered in the Internal affairs of India — Kashmir — which is an integral part of India. No other US President has stood up to China as much as President Trump has,” Mason mentioned.

He mentioned Trump has handled India and Indian-Americans with respect and dignity. Trump has echoed it throughout his remarks earlier, Mason mentioned.

During Modi’s go to in September 2019, Trump had mentioned, “Every day, the Indian-American community is helping to strengthen our country and build our future.”

“Indian Americans are pioneering groundbreaking medicines to save countless lives. They’re developing revolutionary technology that is changing the world,” he had mentioned.

They are founding new companies that present jobs to hundreds of fellow residents, Trump had mentioned.

“In America, we have come to know the splendor of Indian culture personally, through the 4 million Indian Americans living in the United States as our wonderful friends, colleagues, and neighbors. They are truly spectacular people. Indian Americans enrich every aspect of our national life,” he mentioned.