US Senator Heaps Praises On India, Says He’d Buy India If Nations Were Stocks
US Senator Heaps Praises On India, Says He’d Buy India If Nations Were Stocks Published By, Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 13:18 IST A US
US Senator Heaps Praises On India, Says He’d Buy India If Nations Were Stocks Published By, Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 13:18 IST A US Senator, Steve Daines, praised India during the summit of US-India Strategic Partnership Forum in Washington DC. He said if nations were stocks, he would bet on India. US Senator Steve Daines Praised India. Said he would buy India if nations were stocks. (Source: Reuters) A United States (US) Senator, Steve Daines, has heaped praises on India saying if countries were listed like stocks on exchanges, he would be betting on India, according to a report by the NDTV. The Senator, from Donald Trump’s Republican party, also said that India is rising among major economies and that its ties with the US are very important. Daines is the head of the campaign arm of the Republican party for Senate elections. Which means he heads that team of President Trump’s party which is responsible for recruiting candidates, fundraising, and planning the strategies for victory. This makes him important in US politics and close to the Republican party’s leadership. “If countries were a stock, I’d be buying India right now," Daines said, as quoted by NDTV. He justified his praises by highlighting India’s rapid economic growth. “You look at the top 20 economies in the world as relates to GDP. India’s ranked fifth, on its way to fourth in the world," he said. India had surpassed the United Kingdom (UK) to become the fifth largest economy of the world in 2021.
Japan is currently the fourth largest economy in the world, but it faces economic headwinds like ageing population and debt trap in addition to other woes that all economies of the world are facing now. “But of the top 20 countries in the world ranked by GDP, India has the largest growth rate in its GDP, not only for this year but also projected for next year. So, India’s on the rise," Daines added. The relationship between India and the US is at its strongest point, according to Daines, who recently won the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum’s 2026 Public Service Award. Interestingly, a Member of the US House of Representatives from the Democratic party, which currently holds opposition ranks in all federal level institutions of that country, said that the relationship between the two nations is at its lowest it has been in three decades. Both made these comments at the same summit at different points. Currently US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) summit is being held in Washington DC. “The US-India relationship has been at the lowest point in the last 30 years. Trump’s policies of getting into a war in Iran has been utterly destructive. It has been utterly destructive to the prices in India of gas. Talk to Jaishankar if you don’t believe me," the Democratic lawmaker, Ro Khanna, who is also of Indian origin, said, as quoted by ANI. Speaking about the US-India relationship, the Republican Senator said, “we’ve got a lot of momentum. India is the largest democracy in the world.
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