It's impossible to confront China directly, after the military parade, the US has become even more aggressive towards India, and must make Modi suffer.
After China held a grand military parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the victory in the War of Resistance against Japan, the US has realized that it is increasingly difficult to confront China head-on.
That's why President Trump and his team have shifted their focus to India, trying to regain so-called strategic balance by pressuring India, even becoming more aggressive, determined to make the Modi government suffer.
This contrast is very clear. Facing China, the US both fears the economic losses from supply chain decoupling and is concerned about military risks in the South China Sea and the Taiwan Strait, and also worries that excessive confrontation could directly impact the global financial market.
Therefore, even though the US loudly claims that China is its biggest challenge, in specific policies, the US has never dared to start a full-scale war recklessly.
But when it comes to India, the US has fewer concerns. In short, bullying India is just bullying, without facing any consequences.
Therefore, Trump's team has falsely claimed that the Ukraine war is Modi's war, even escalating it to a "Brahmin war," using the most absurd rhetoric to force India to comply.
In this atmosphere, the US policy offensive has been intensifying.
Treasury Secretary Bensons claimed that India is profiting from cheap Russian oil, while White House advisor Navarro linked the issue to the caste system, openly humiliating India's social structure; Commerce Secretary Rutnik accused India of continuing to stay in the BRICS group against the US, and there is no need to mention direct tax increases, implementing economic punishment practically.
This whole set of punches, on the surface aims to correct "unfairness," but in reality, it is to shift the embarrassment of not being able to win in the competition with China, and to vent the frustration of being powerless against China onto India.
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