Trump’s presidency, from ‘solar eclipse’ to ‘a new era of uncertainty’

Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury
  • Update Time : Friday, November 8, 2024
Trump’s presidency

The Islamist revolutionary regime in Dhaka is visibly nervous at Donald Trump’s historic victory as well as Republican Party getting majority of Senate and Congress, mostly because, Muhammad Yunus, head of the regime, who was seen as a “great asset” by the Islamists and military in Bangladesh because of his extremely cordial relations with Clintons, Obama and Soros, now is at absolute odd. In 2016, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, Yunus, a “dear friend” of the Clintons and one of top-donors of Clinton Foundation condemned the election result calling Trump’s victory as “solar eclipse … black days”.

Yunus further said that the 2016 election “became the victim of the wrong type of politics” and advised Trump to adopt “a more generous outlook” in his role as president to “build bridges, not walls”.

Following Donald Trump’s landslide victory on November 6, state news agency in Bangladesh published a story stating Trump’s “crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world”. Meaning, Yunus cannot accept the victory of Donald Trump, despite the fact he sent a letter congratulating the US president on his victory.

Earlier, when during Diwali festival, Donald Trump tweeted a condemnation of the “barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are being attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a state of chaos”, Yunus’s supporters quickly dismissed Trump’s tweet, attributing it to “lobbyist activities”. Some went further, claiming Trump’s statement was “bogus” and “lacked substance”.

On November 6, Yunus’ Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, commenting on Trump’s Diwali tweet stated, “Donald Trump was probably misinformed about the issue of persecution of minorities in Bangladesh. Now, he is the President of the United States, he will definitely be able to see what really happened”.

Through this statement, the office of Muhammad Yunus has not only outrightly rejected the allegations of persecution on Hindus in Bangladesh, it also tried to accuse some elements – including Indian media and Awami League for feeding “misinformation” to Donald Trump.

This is genuinely a matter of grave concern not only for Hindus in Bangladesh and the world – it also is a sign of Yunus government’s dangerous desire of granting impunity to perpetrators of heinous crimes on Hindus – that include murder, rape, abduction, arson attack and other forms of cruelties. For this reason, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may take up the issue directly to his friend President Donald Trump and seek appropriate measures to ensure – not a single perpetrator of genocide on Hindus in Bangladesh is left unpunished. And with certainty it can be said – Trump is going to pay due attention to Modi’s words and consider extreme punitive measures such as – black-list Bangladesh (as he did with several Muslim nations in his previous tenure) or impose a 30-35 percent tariff on all exports from Bangladesh to the United States. If Trump opts for the tariff option, the readymade garment sector, which is the main element of the economic backbone of the country, shall collapse, thus resulting in a tremendously chaotic situation where over six million workers – most of whom are females — shall become jobless.

Donald Trump may exert pressure on the United Nations to take appropriate measure pertaining genocide on Hindus in Bangladesh, while India may knock the doors of International Criminal Court (ICC) accusing Muhammad Yunus and key figures in his regime.

Trump would also likely press the Yunus government and demand a response for releasing Jashimuddin Rahmani, a US State Department-designated kingpin of Ansar Al Islam (formerly Ansarullah Bangla Team), accused of murdering an American citizen.

In brief, for anti-Trump and pro-Clintons-Soros Yunus, extremely difficult time shall be onwards approaching from multiple directions. Anticipating such consequences, several pro-Democratic Party lobbyists in Washington have already been activated to somehow manage Donald Trump and his administration. In this case too, such efforts by branded Democrats shall be counterproductive as Trump and members of his administration shall be particularly maintaining distance from such people.

In my opinion, the only option for Yunus now is to hold the election maximum by February next year and handover power to a democratically elected government. In this case too, if political parties like Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) shall show reluctance in this option and grant more time to Yunus for completing reform plans – Awami League, under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina will get an golden opportunity of raising voice stating – Yunus, BNP and Islamist forces in Bangladesh actually are attempting to bury democracy in the country and push the country to the fate of a neo-Taliban state.

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