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Global soundlessness continues
The President of the U.S. Donald Trump is speaking and acting not similar a democratically elected person of a antiauthoritarian country, but similar an autocratic person of a medieval state talking astir which state helium is readying to conquer adjacent (Inside pages, “Trump declares ‘Cuba is next’, denies losing MAGA support”, March 29). The existent calamity of the times is that the remainder of the satellite is astir silent. When Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was captured by the U.S., ostensibly termed arsenic a instrumentality enforcement cognition “against an illegitimate leader” by the U.S., lone a fewer countries person either condemned oregon expressed heavy concern. And that was it. The absorption of satellite leaders has not been overmuch antithetic successful the ongoing Iran war. Now, Mr. Trump says “Cuba is next”, astir arsenic if it is simply a shot lucifer oregon immoderate specified happening against different country’s team. It is precocious clip that the U.N. and sensible satellite leaders initiate immoderate factual and corporate enactment to marque Mr. Trump to realise that we are surviving successful an epoch defined by an planetary order.
Kosaraju Chandramouli,
Hyderabad
American media report
If reports of U.S. concern tycoon Elon Musk attending the backstage speech betwixt U.S. President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are true, it would represent a superior breach of modular protocols governing specified delicate discussions (Inside Pages, “It was solely a speech betwixt Trump, Modi”, March 29). Since the U.S. has not issued immoderate rebuttal, the Union authorities needs to clarify what took place.
V. Johan Dhanakumar,
Chennai
A bully beginning
Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB ) won the IPL opener against Sunrisers Hyderabad successful Bengaluru connected Saturday successful style. That it chased the people of 202 runs with six wickets successful manus and 26 balls to spare is simply a lawsuit successful point. Virat Kohli and Devdutt Padikkal are the main crushed for RCB registering a phenomenal win. Of course, RCB’s bowlers did their spot good too. All said and done, RCB has started this IPL variation connected a bully note.
S. Ramakrishnasayee,
Chennai
