Trump is expected to become the next president of the United States after winning the US elections by a wide margin. Our correspondent Prerna talked about the reasons behind Trump's return to power in this special broadcast. Here's how Trump prevailed in the housing crisis and the war in Ukraine.
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00:00So, Prerna, we would like to ask you about the neck-to-neck fight that took place.
00:05You said it and so did the rest of the people.
00:08But, like India, the exit poll failed this time as well.
00:13But, whatever it is, what is the meaning of this victory?
00:16The natives of America are watching.
00:20And the Indians who live there,
00:23in their opinion, you must have spoken to them as well.
00:27How do they see this result?
00:31I think a very big lesson that everyone is learning from this historic election is that
00:37you should not believe the polls.
00:39The polls were saying that both have a 50-50 chance.
00:42But, definitely, if you look at the map of America,
00:45Trump has completely turned it red.
00:48And it was not a 50-50 race at all.
00:51Trump has over-performed.
00:53And he has over-performed so much that
00:55states like Georgia and Pennsylvania, which Biden easily won last time,
01:02have flipped this time.
01:04And this time, it is in Trump's pocket.
01:07So, definitely, you are right that the exit polls were saying something else.
01:13And the overall outcome that we are seeing right now was very different.
01:17If we talk about the Indian diaspora,
01:21those who live in the U.S. are majorly legal immigrants.
01:26And they are major highly skilled workers.
01:29They are H-1B visa holders, O-1 visa holders.
01:32So, I don't think they are very worried right now.
01:35Because Trump has repeatedly assured that
01:38he will always keep legal immigration strong.
01:42Like you were discussing, he is a businessman.
01:45And from a business point of view,
01:47it will not be good for the American economy
01:49if he affects legal immigrants in any way.
01:54And as far as the rest of the voters are concerned,
01:57definitely, Trump's supporters are very happy.
02:00Trump has received a whooping 277 electoral votes.
02:04And there was a celebration going on in his Palm Beach, Florida house since last night.
02:09He had a watch party there.
02:11And from where the visuals were coming to see that people are very happy.
02:16So, definitely, he is waiting to see how Trump's next four years will be.
02:24Okay.
02:25As far as the Indian diaspora is concerned,
02:27the students, I remember you mentioned,
02:29the house rents,
02:31and Kamala Harris also mentioned a cut,
02:34that we will give a subsidy,
02:37a cut of up to $6,000, as far as I remember.
02:40What are they hoping for?
02:42And what direction can Trump take?
02:46As far as housing is concerned,
02:48both the candidates made very big promises
02:51that they will bring down the housing rates.
02:54I think housing is a very big issue in America
02:57which cannot be solved very easily.
02:59Because it is not just an issue of homelessness.
03:03For many decades, the housing construction in America has decreased.
03:08Houses are becoming less,
03:10due to which the housing rents or rates are increasing a lot.
03:14So, if we look at it from a business point of view,
03:17Trump can definitely bring a big input in this.
03:20And if more houses are built,
03:22obviously, the rents will be less and the prices will decrease.
03:26So, Trump definitely wants to work in that direction.
03:33Yes.
03:34Absolutely. One final question before we let you go.
03:37Both Srinath Sridharan and Major General S.B. Asthana are there with us.
03:41We discussed with them a host of issues
03:43which are predominantly very specific to India-US relationships.
03:48When it comes to domestic issues in United States,
03:51in our earlier interaction also,
03:54we discussed how Kamala Harris, being a woman,
03:57was a magnet as far as the feminist issues were concerned,
04:03as far as the issues of abortion or maternity leaves were concerned
04:07in the United States.
04:09And above all, being touted to be the first woman president.
04:14What do you think overtook that issue,
04:18the very emotive issue of first woman president,
04:22maternity leaves, abortion laws being reformed?
04:26What overtook that issue?
04:30Let me just remind you, Pankaj,
04:32that the abortion or the overturning of Roe v. Wade
04:36was done through Supreme Court.
04:38And that was the only issue that was a strong point of Kamala Harris.
04:43And federally, if you look at it,
04:46it's not easy to overturn a Supreme Court ruling.
04:49And people knew it.
04:51Even the common average American understood
04:53that it's not easy to overturn or flip back the Supreme Court ruling.
04:58And therefore, Kamala Harris should have spoken about other policies as well,
05:04other than abortion.
05:06Abortion definitely was a strong point,
05:08but that was something that could not have happened in the near future,
05:12and people knew that.
05:14They understood how the policies work in America,
05:17and it's not easy to flip a Supreme Court ruling
05:19where the Supreme Court majorly has Republican justices.
05:28And when the public understands this,
05:31they wanted more from Kamala Harris,
05:33that she could not deliver.
05:35If she would have spoken about inflation,
05:38about solving the border issue,
05:40definitely people would have swayed.
05:42But that was not the case.
05:44She was very media-shy.
05:46She did not speak to media or people for the longest time.
05:49And it was only towards the end of her campaign
05:52that she actually started talking to people,
05:54which was definitely not enough.
05:56And that's what pundits and experts are saying,
05:59that did Kamala want more time with people
06:02because people did not know who she was
06:04and what her policies were apart from abortion.
06:28Not really amongst my friends,
06:30definitely Americans have planned a lot ahead.
06:33I think this is a very historic election
06:35because also talking about the Senate,
06:38Republicans have not just taken over the presidential race,
06:43but they've also taken over the Senate
06:45and the House race is also going on.
06:47So it might be a super majority of Republicans
06:49will have to wait and watch.
06:51So definitely it's a very interesting election
06:53and a lot is at stake at this point.
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