The current mood not only in America but across the world is "anti-establishment", eminent New York attorney Anand Ahuja, Vice President of political action committee 'Indian- Americans For Trump 2016', told PTI yesterday.
"People are sick of career politicians. Regime change is the call of the day, if we take that into consideration, there is possibility that Trump will be president," he said.
Trump is being projected as anti-immigrant but the New York-based billionaire is not against legal immigration but illegal immigrants, Ahuja said.
Renowned attorney Rajiv Khanna said Trump, as a president, would be a good partner for India, particularly in the issue of dealing with terrorism which is the number one problem in the world and Trump is the right person to deal with it.
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"Trump may not be politically correct always but he understands what radical Islam is doing to this world," he said, citing Trump's comments that Muslims in the US have to be the "eyes and ears" and report any suspicious behaviour.
He does not condone Trump's behaviour towards women and that he needs to change in this regard, Khanna said, adding that while Bill Clinton is one of his all time favourite presidents, he is not proud of his record with women either.
Khanna said Clinton's handling of the emails was a bad judgement as is her proposal to let Syrian refugees in the country without proper screening.
"I think he (Trump) does have a chance and I hope he makes
it," Khanna said.
Ahuja said Trump has been in the favour of increasing the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) category from the current 20,000 limit to about 50,000.
There is anger among Americans that illegal immigrants are taking away jobs but Trump is in favour of competent and well- educated people coming and settling in the country, he said.
Trump has described Indian students as brilliant who after studying in the US return to their country and set up businesses, Ahuja said.
"Trump has questioned why the US cannot absorb these students, why you let them go back to their countries. There should be some system by which we can absorb them here in the US," Ahuja added, adding that the liberal media and Democrats do not want to discuss real issues affecting the common man in day to day life.