Proper channel required.

Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term as President of the United States and move into his official residence inside the White House. CBS. Unlike in India, where the previous incumbent tries to linger in the official residence as long as possible to get a few more days of free luxury, Joe Biden will move out immediately allowing Trump to move in within five hours (AP). "From ending the Russia-Ukraine war to launching mass deportations, its going to be the busiest day in US Presidential history as one looks at the promises made by Donald Trump to be kept on the very first day of assuming office." TOI. "Convinced he has an election 'mandate' from American voters, Trump is planning to surpass the century mark in executive actions over his first few days in office after getting sworn in as the 47th President today - a moment he has called 'liberation day for America'." USA Today. "US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has released data revealing that nearly 18,000 undocumented Indians are among the 1.45 million individuals facing deportation from the United States." HT. "A Pew Research Report puts undocumented Indian immigrants in US at over 725,000." To placate Trump, India could offer "an agreement where, in order to obtain short-to-medium-term work permits for tech personnel, New Delhi guarantees they won't seek to settle in US. New Delhi can also offer to take back significant numbers of undocumented Indians," wrote R Jagannathan. This will not only create undying anger from those forced to return but those of their families, who may have sold land to pay people smugglers, and even their villages. Although several world leaders, including President Xi Jinping of China, have been invited to the inauguration, Mr Modi of India has not been. TH. "External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar boasted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first three world leaders whose calls US President-elect Donald Trump had taken." But, "The Trump rebuff - and rebuff it is because other invitees include President Javier Millei of Argentina, President Nayib Bukele of El Salvadore and Prime Minister Georgia Meloni of Italy - is speculated to be a fallout of Modi keeping a distance from Trump when he visited the US in September." "Nor does it augur well for India that Trump refers to India as a 'very big abuser' of the trade relationship between the two countries," wrote Bharat Bhushan. India enjoys a large trade surplus with the US. "The US goods and services trade deficit with India was $45.7 billion in 2022." ustr.gov. The goods trade surplus with the US was $43.311 billion in 2023 and was $41.480 billion in 2024. census.gov. "After forging unexpectedly fond ties with US President Joe Biden, Italy's right-wing premier Georgia Meloni is poised to leverage a more natural alliance with US President-elect Donald Trump that positions her as a key interlocutor between the US and Europe." ABC. Fortunately, Mr Modi is a BFF with Ms Meloni who "shared a selfie of them with the hashtag 'Melodi'. India Today. We Indians are enmeshed in the tangled vines of "through proper channel" (Law Insider) of Indian bureaucracy from cradle to grave. Mr Modi has the delightful Ms Meloni as the go-between. Where will Mr Jaishankar go?