AMY GOODMAN: A clear conflict of interest. And I want to end just with a question about how this may affect U.S. policy in the region vis-a-vis India and Pakistan, its traditional, let's just say, not ally.
ANJALI KAMAT: I mean, this is an open question. And so far, there's been no clear indication of what this might look like. But on January 1st, President Trump tweeted a very -- a tweet very critical of Pakistan, accusing the country of nothing but lies and deceit, and then later cut some aid to Pakistan. This might have happened for any number of reasons that have nothing to do with India. But within India, members of the ruling party saw this as a victory for Prime Minister Modi's diplomacy and saw this as a pro-India move and were very pleased with it. And that's how it kind of played out in South Asia.
The other question that, you know, people are also worried about is: What will happen if there is another terrible incident of mass violence, where there are hundreds of people who are killed, sectarian violence, like what happened in Gujarat? Will we see condemnation from the Trump administration?
AMY GOODMAN: Well, we're going to leave that question there. Anjali, an amazing job of reporting over this past year, award-winning investigative journalist, a reporter with the Investigative Fund and a professor at Brooklyn College. We will link to your piece in The New Republic. It's headlined "Political Corruption and the Art of the Deal."
This is Democracy Now! When we come back, we analyze Cambridge Analytica. Stay with us.
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