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Donald Trump on violence against minorities in Bangladesh

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Donald Trump on violence against minorities in Bangladesh

Former President of the United States Donald Trump condemned the “barbaric violence” against Hindus, Christians and other minorities in Bangladesh on Thursday and said the South Asian country remained in a “total state of chaos”.

Trump said President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have “ignored” Hindus around the world and in the United States. “They were a disaster from Israel to Ukraine to our southern border,” the former president said on social media.

He added, “We will also protect Hindu-Americans against the anti-religion agenda of the radical left.”

The United States presidential election is scheduled to take place on November 5. Trump is the presidential candidate of the Republican Party. He was the President of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

Harris became of the Democratic Party presidential candidate in July, after Biden ended his campaign.

Several parts of Bangladesh reported incidents of violence against religious minorities after the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League government on August 5.

Hasina resigned as prime minister that day and fled to India after student-led protests against a controversial government job quota scheme that began in July evolved into a wider agitation against her government.

Muhammad YunusNobel laureate and economist, took over as head of an interim government on August 8.

On Thursday, Trump also said he would “strengthen our great partnership with India and with my good friend Prime Minister (Narendra) Modi” if voted into power.

Earlier this month, the former president said this India imposed the highest tariffs on foreign goods and promised that the introduction of a reciprocal tax if he was re-elected.

Trump has in the past expressed concern about India’s trade ties with the United States several times in the past as well.

On September 17, Trump called India a “very big abuser” of the commercial relationship with his country.

In August 2023, he claimed that India imposes excessively high tax rates on American products and said he would introduce reciprocal tariffs if he came to power in 2024.

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