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 information 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 robust nation might be led by such a person who has been convicted as a felon on 34 completely 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 assume a person of such a personality is nice 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 generally 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 might be sworn in because the forty seventh President of the US, which might be his second time period on this submit.
Earlier, Trump was the President of the US from 2016 to 2020. He needed to face defeat within the election discipline for his second consecutive time period from the then Democratic candidate Joe Biden.
Just a few months earlier than the US presidential election, Biden withdrew from contesting for a second time period, after which the Democratic Get together declared Kamala Harris as its candidate.
This might 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 received, would have been the primary girl and the primary politician from India to turn into president. This may have been a historic and constructive step.
“As for Kamala Harris, she was given a really quick time. She got here up from behind. She was performing extraordinarily nicely. However it appears that evidently very deep faultlines in American society in the end coalesced in opposition to her, and she or he misplaced on this race,” stated Aiyar.
