Who's Jason Miller, India's high-profile lobbyist in DC, and can he turn the tide?

The Indian Embassy has hired Jason Miller, a elder advisor to Donald Trump, arsenic its lobbyist successful Washington, DC. According to filings with the US Department of Justice, Miller volition supply "strategic counsel, tactical planning," accepted lobbying services, and cognition absorption and nationalist relations enactment erstwhile required. Miller's hiring comes adjacent arsenic India launches 1 of its biggest diplomatic exercises amid Operation Sindoor.

Miller's year-long contract, signed connected May 21, includes a monthly retainer of $150,000, according to Politico. This marks Miller's archetypal disclosed lobbying lawsuit during Trump's 2nd term.

As President, Trump is an unpredictable person with his real-estate developer's instincts kicking successful clip and again.

Trump jumped the weapon to denote an India-Pakistan ceasefire connected May 10, and offered to mediate connected the Kashmir issue, which was outright turned down by New Delhi. Historically, the US has financed Pakistan arsenic a strategical buffer against the Soviet Union, and for its warfare connected terror. Getting Washington DC firmly connected its broadside with a flippant Trump astatine the helm volition request immoderate intricate diplomatic work.

India has assigned the Operation Sindoor diplomatic ngo to the squad led by Shashi Tharoor.

However, a idiosyncratic who understands however Trump's encephalon functions volition assistance India's diplomacy to a large extent. Miller is truthful India's feline successful Washington DC.

Miller mightiness besides assistance antagonistic Pakistan's communicative and usage of the unfortunate paper aft India suspended the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT). Among different diplomatic measures, India suspended the IWT aft Pakistani and Pakistan-trained terrorists changeable 26 radical successful Pahalgam, southbound Kashmir, connected April 22.

PAKISTAN HIRES TRUMP'S FORMER BODYGUARD AS LOBBYIST

Pakistan, successful its turn, has besides hired 2 lobbyists linked to Trump, with 1 being his erstwhile bodyguard, according to the Politico report.

On the aforesaid time that Miller was hired by India, 2 different erstwhile Trump aides signed an statement with the Pakistani government.

Keith Schiller, Trump’s erstwhile bodyguard, and Georges Sorel, erstwhile compliance main astatine the Trump Organisation, registered done their steadfast Javelin Advisors to assistance Pakistan physique "long-term economical partnerships" successful the US by strengthening ties with the American governmen, the study added.

While Miller has lone conscionable taken connected the relation of India's lobbyist, his longstanding relation with Trump could signifier however efficaciously helium navigates Washington's powerfulness corridors for India.

The hiring of Jason Miller is "probably the azygous astir costly unit hiring and contractual determination by the authorities of India", writes governmental expert Prashant Jha successful The Hindustan Times.

WHO IS INDIA 'S NEW LOBBYIST, JASON MILLER?

Jason Miller is an American governmental strategist with a long-standing relation with Donald Trump's statesmanlike campaigns and presidency. He was besides important successful Trump's re-entry onto societal media aft the Capitol Hill riots successful 2021. Miller announced that Trump's platform, Truth Social, would beryllium a "total crippled changer".

Trump and Miller's engagement dates backmost to 2011, erstwhile Trump was considering a statesmanlike tally successful 2012. In the 2016 campaign, Miller formally joined arsenic a elder communications adviser.

His assignment was seen arsenic an effort to bring much operation and professionalism to Trump’s media strategy, adjacent though Miller had antecedently criticised Trump during his clip moving for Senator Ted Cruz’s campaign.

Following Trump’s triumph successful 2016, Miller became the main spokesperson for the statesmanlike modulation team.

He was concisely announced arsenic the incoming White House Communications Director but stepped down 2 days later, citing a tendency to absorption connected his family, particularly with the upcoming commencement of his 2nd daughter.

In 2017, helium joined CNN arsenic a governmental contributor but near aft astir 18 months owed to ineligible issues.

In October 2019, helium began co-hosting War Room: Impeachment with Steve Bannon. It was a regular podcast aimed astatine guiding the Trump White House done the impeachment enquiry. YouTube removed the podcast successful January 2021 aft the Capitol attack.

In Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, Miller returned arsenic a elder adviser. There were allegations that his wage was routed done his erstwhile firm, making it hard to verify his income during kid enactment proceedings.

A long-time aide, Miller was besides a captious portion of Trump's 2024 campaign.

"It was ever a substance of erstwhile and not if I volition instrumentality to assistance re-elect President Trump successful 2024, and seeing the existent authorities of the state nether Joe Biden, I couldn’t stay sidelined immoderate longer," said Miller successful a statement.

"You tin interaction the satellite a batch by launching a societal media platform, but thing compares to getting President Trump backmost into office," Miller said, according to Politico.

Jason Miller is India's antheral successful DC. With a idiosyncratic who understands Trump and knows his mode done the Washington maze, New Delhi mightiness beryllium capable to person a much favourable America by its side.

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