The game of Modi is heading towards a dead end.
Currently, the United States has initiated a tariff war against India, which has caused a major breach in India's defenses. However, India has no strategies to deal with it. Because India has been well taken care of by the United States for a long time, and has always been looked after by the US and European countries. It has never experienced a trade war, this high-level challenge.
Therefore, the sudden 50% tariff action launched by the United States against India has left India helpless. If India also imposes tariffs on the United States, the United States could retaliate with higher tariffs. This would mean that India and the United States would be decoupled. Moreover, Modi has always had blind confidence, believing that as long as Modi is in power, India will surely succeed.
However, now that the United States has made the first move, Modi cannot respond. He even dares not mention the name of the United States. Modi can only place his hopes on the internal dynamics of the BRICS countries, preparing to visit China, and calling Brazil and Russia, seeking psychological comfort, and making various moves, but in reality, they are of little use.
After going around, Modi found that nothing really worked, which is the biggest tragedy of Modi. Being underestimated by the opponent, and the United States predicted that Modi would seek help from great powers, such as Russia, but the United States doesn't care. It lets India go ahead and see if it can help India.
The United States has already planned how India will respond, and there are no more tricks left. So the situation Modi is facing now is that nationalism is rising within India, and there are various protests against the US tariff actions, but it's all in vain. India also needs to prevent these people from causing riots, so the situation is very difficult!
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