As an upstart
candidate aiming for the highest office in the United States, Donald Trump
promised an election rally of Indians that they "will have a true friend
in the White House" and "we are going to be best friends" with
India.
It also
backed off a threat to make H1-B visa holders in line for Green Cards return
home while they wait out the years for their permanent residencies.
In his first
year as President, Trump has stuck to the promise, appointing for the first
time an Indian-American, Nikki Haley, to the cabinet and giving India a
"leadership role" in Washington's global strategy across a broad
geographic swath.
Trump
appointed Haley to the high profile US cabinet rank post as UN Permanent
Representative in which she is often the face of Trump's hardline foreign
policy.
Prime Minister
Narendra Modi, a man of humble origins, and Trump, a billionaire and a
flamboyant reality TV personality, have struck an unlikely friendship.
We welcome
India's emergence as a leading global power and stronger strategic and defence
partner," said his national strategy unveiled last month, with a view to
making New Delhi a counter-balance to Beijing in the Indo-Pacific region.
And Modi had
said in October that India-US ties were growing with a "great deal of
speed
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