“Trump’s deference to Modi on Bangladesh stirs up Dhaka and puts Yunus on the backfoot”, Swarajyamag, February 17, 2025:
“United States (US) President Donald Trump’s comments on Bangladesh have set off an intense churn and speculation in political circles in Dhaka. Speaking to reporters in Washington, DC, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi by his side, Trump said he “will leave Bangladesh to Prime Minister (Modi).” The implication was that the US will not get directly involved in Bangladesh and will leave it to Bharat to deal with its neighbour.
According to top sources in India’s Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Modi and Trump discussed Bangladesh in their bilateral. Modi provided a comprehensive outline of developments in Bangladesh, especially the rise of Islamist forces in that country since the fall of the Sheikh Hasina government.
Bharat’s Prime Minister also briefed Trump in detail about the dalliances by the interim government in Bangladesh headed by Muhammad Yunus with Pakistan and how that could pose a threat to Bharat’s North East. Trump, it is learnt, said that the US would not like to get involved in Bangladesh and will go by what India deems fit in dealing with that country…..”
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