New Delhi:
Congress chief and former diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar on Wednesday expressed his disappointment and concern over Donald Trump’s victory within the US presidential election, calling him a “man of uncertain character.”
Chatting with the information company ANI, Mr Aiyar stated, “I really feel extraordinarily sorry {that a} man of such uncertain character as Donald Trump should not have been elected the president of the world’s strongest democracy.”
Mr Trump is accused in a case associated to falsifying enterprise data in a hush-money case involving grownup movie actor Stormy Daniels. The case centred on funds made to Ms Daniels simply days earlier than the 2016 presidential election.
“The ethical dimension was lacking. It’s extremely saddening that such a strong nation shall be led by such a person who has been convicted as a felon on 34 totally different counts and who has made an notorious title for himself by consorting with prostitutes and making funds to them to cowl up for his sins. I do not suppose a person of such a personality is sweet for both his nation or the world,” Mr Aiyar stated.
#WATCH | Delhi: On #USElections2024 outcomes, Former Diplomat Mani Shankar Aiyar says, “I really feel extraordinarily sorry {that a} man of such uncertain character as Donald Trump should not have been elected the president of the world’s strongest democracy. I additionally acknowledge that there’s a… pic.twitter.com/jF2nGf2g1P
— ANI (@ANI) November 6, 2024
Aiyar has been recognized for his candid and typically provocative opinions, which have sparked debates and discussions in Indian politics.
Within the US presidential election, Trump, a Republican candidate, clinched a decisive victory over his Democratic rival Kamala Harris.
He shall be sworn in because the forty seventh President of the US, which shall be his second time period on this put up.
Earlier, Trump was the President of the US from 2016 to 2020. He needed to face defeat within the election area for his second consecutive time period from the then Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
A couple of months earlier than the US presidential election, Biden withdrew from contesting for a second time period, after which the Democratic Occasion declared Kamala Harris as its candidate.
This shall be solely the second occasion of a president serving two non-consecutive phrases within the White Home, the primary in over 100 years. Grover Cleveland served as a non-consecutive president in 1884 and 1892. Trump had earlier served as US President from 2016 to 2020.
Aiyar additionally expressed grief over Kamala Harris’s defeat. He stated that Kamala Harris, who would have gained, would have been the primary girl and the primary politician from India to change into president. This could have been a historic and optimistic step.
“As for Kamala Harris, she was given a really brief time. She got here up from behind. She was performing extraordinarily nicely. However evidently very deep faultlines in American society finally coalesced towards her, and she or he misplaced on this race,” stated Aiyar.
