"The United States is likely to become more isolationist regardless of
who becomes its next president, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar
said on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event in Canberra as Americans were still casting votes, Jaishankar said the election was unlikely to reverse what he called a
long-term trend in US policy.

"Probably starting from (President Barack) Obama, the US has become much
more cautious about its global commitments," he said, pointing to a US reluctance to deploy troops and its withdrawal from Afghanistan under
President Joe Biden.

"President Trump may be more articulate and expressive in that regard,"
he said during a panel discussion with the foreign ministers of
Australia and New Zealand.

But, he added, "it's important to look at the US more nationally than
purely in terms of the ideology of the administration of the day."

"If we are truly analysing them, I think we have to prepare for a world
where actually the kind of dominance and generosity which the US had in
the early days may not continue."

That said, Jaishankar said on Tuesday that India's relationship with the
United States would only grow in the future."

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/s-jaishankar-india-us-relations-presidential-elections-external-affairs-minister-trump-2629070-2024-11-06

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