The Islamist revolutionary regime in Dhaka is visibly nervous at Donald Trump’s historic victory as well as the Republican Party getting the majority of the Senate and Congress, mostly because, Muhammad Yunus, head of the regime, who was seen as a “great asset” by the Islamists and military in Bangladesh because of his extremely cordial relations with Clintons, Obama and Soros, now is at absolute odd. In 2016, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton, Yunus, a “dear friend” of the Clintons and one of the top donors of the Clinton Foundation, condemned the election result, calling Trump’s victory a “solar eclipse … black days”.
Yunus further said that the 2016 election “became the victim of the wrong type of politics” and advised Trump to adopt “a more generous outlook” in his role as president to “build bridges, not walls”.
Following Donald Trump’s landslide victory on November 6, a state news agency in Bangladesh published a story stating Trump’s “crushing presidential victory heralded a new era of uncertainty in the United States and the world”. This means that Yunus cannot accept the victory of Donald Trump even though he sent a letter congratulating the US president on his victory.
Earlier, when during the Diwali festival, Donald Trump tweeted a condemnation of the “barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are being attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh, which remains in a state of chaos”, Yunus’s supporters quickly dismissed Trump’s tweet, attributing it to “lobbyist activities”. Some went further, claiming Trump’s statement was “bogus” and “lacked substance”.
On November 6, Yunus’ Press Secretary Shafiqul Alam, commenting on Trump’s Diwali tweet, stated, “Donald Trump was probably misinformed about the issue of persecution of minorities in Bangladesh. Now, he is the President of the United States, he will definitely be able to see what happened”.
Through this statement, the office of Muhammad Yunus has not only outrightly rejected the allegations of persecution of Hindus in Bangladesh, but it also tried to accuse some elements – including Indian media and Awami League for feeding “misinformation” to Donald Trump.
This is genuinely a matter of grave concern not only for Hindus in Bangladesh and the world – it also is a sign of the Yunus government’s dangerous desire to grant impunity to perpetrators of heinous crimes against Hindus – that include murder, rape, abduction, arson attack and other forms of cruelties.
For this reason, Bharatiya Prime Minister Narendra Modi may take up the issue directly with his friend President Donald Trump and seek appropriate measures to ensure – not a single perpetrator of genocide on Hindus in Bangladesh is left unpunished. And with certainty, it can be said – Trump is going to pay due attention to Modi’s words and consider extreme punitive measures such as – black-list Bangladesh (as he did with several Muslim nations in his previous tenure) or imposing a 30-35 per cent tariff on all exports from Bangladesh to the United States.
If Trump opts for the tariff option, the readymade garment sector, which is the main element of the country’s economic backbone, shall collapse, thus resulting in a tremendously chaotic situation where over six million workers – most of whom are females- shall become jobless.
Donald Trump may exert pressure on the United Nations to take appropriate measures against genocide against Hindus in Bangladesh. At the same time, Bharat may knock on the doors of the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing Muhammad Yunus and key figures in his regime.
Trump would also likely press the Yunus government and demand a response for releasing Jashimuddin Rahmani, a US State Department-designated kingpin of Ansar Al Islam (formerly Ansarullah Bangla Team), accused of murdering an American citizen.
In brief, for anti-Trump and pro-Clintons-Soros Yunus, an extremely difficult time shall be approaching from multiple directions. Anticipating such consequences, several pro-Democratic Party lobbyists in Washington have already been activated to manage Donald Trump and his administration somehow. In this case, too, such efforts by branded Democrats shall be counterproductive as Trump and members of his administration shall be particularly maintaining distance from such people.
In my opinion, the only option for Yunus now is to hold the election maximum by February next year and hand over power to a democratically elected government. In this case, too, if political parties like the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) show reluctance in this option and grant more time to Yunus to complete reform plans – Awami League, under the leadership of Sheikh Hasina, will get a golden opportunity to raise voice stating – Yunus, BNP and Islamist forces in Bangladesh are attempting to bury democracy in the country and push the country to the fate of a neo-Taliban state.
