US Will Be More Isolationist Whoever Wins Election: S Jaishankar

Jaishankar said India's relationship with the United States would only grow in the future.

The United States is likely to become more isolationist regardless of who becomes its next president, Minister of External Affairs S Jaishankar said on Wednesday.

Speaking at an event in Canberra as Americans were still casting votes, Jaishankar said the election was unlikely to reverse what he called he called a long-term trend in US policy.

"Probably starting from (President Barack) Obama the US has become much more cautious about its global commitments," he said, pointing to a US reluctance to deploy troops and its withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Joe Biden.