Not very different from the Modi government, Trump has made it amply clear that he would not allow any federal government money to be spent on identifying misinformation and disinformation. He is a climate change denier and has hired a person to head the Environmental Protection Agency who does not hide his dislike for the left-wing intellectuals who even control the vocabulary of this phenomenon.
The president-designate would, additionally, work harder to fulfil his campaign promise of throwing out illegal immigrants. Closer to home in Jharkhand, Home Minister Amit Shah has been promising to get illegal immigrants from Bangladesh out of the state, ahead of the elections. Though Jharkhand and Bangladesh do not share a border, throwing out illegals is an emotive issue for any society.
Trump, epitomising the zeitgeist of our times, wants to throw out 11 million illegals. It would not be easy, but his administration would do plenty to keep a nation distracted.
Worse, it will be a…