Marco Rubio’s Press Conference Was A Success In The Modern Diplomatic Sense |
The American secretary of state arrived in New Delhi at a moment when India’s relationship with Washington resembles a heavily leveraged arranged marriage: strategically indispensable, commercially tense, and one tariff tantrum away from emotional collapse. The band baja you hear in the background is the din of Trump’s stupid Iran war and the appreciatively rising prices. Therefore, much premium was placed on the press interaction, this time, thankfully, with questions. The entire spectacle lasted 53 minutes. Roughly 18 of those were consumed by opening remarks and ceremonial pleasantries, some of them delivered by our much esteemed External Affairs minister, S. Jaishankar, in his trademark manner of polished opacity. The remaining 35 minutes........