What Trump Means by Calling India a ‘Dead Economy’

Donald Trump’s comment referring to India’s economy as “dead” is not an economic assessment in the conventional sense but a political signal wrapped in hyperbole. Still, it reflects certain long-standing Western grievances about India’s economic posture, especially in trade and strategic alignment. His use of “dead” seems to be shorthand for what he views as a stagnant or closed economy that, in his mind, has failed to match up to its global potential or openness.