Did Trump just ruin his popularity among Indians because of His tariff war on India aside from projecting a dark, villainous side of the US that made many Indians look at the US distrustfully and even incite hatred for the US among Indians?
Indians have always loved Trump in the past, since the ruling BJP government's anti-islamic views were also reflected by Trump at least in his previous tenure and his tendency to place US first in that regard which meant that people who immigrate to the US from such countries had to have a thorough background check before they could be allowed inside the country. Modi even considered Trump his friend and vice versa, there were instances when Trump referred to Modi as his friend. This mutual understanding between Trump and Modi made many in the ruling government in New Delhi think that India truly had a friend in the White House. This is also why although India was a part of BRICS keeping our nation's interests in mind to which Trump was opposed as he was keeping the US' interests in mind, India never gave the green light to go-ahead with the creation of a separate currency for the BRICS nations and was withholding its vote in favour of it just as Brazil also played a ro...