Think Modi Trump Combo Will Drive Indo US Growth USISPF's John Chambers Global Leadership Summit

Good. If this is Shereen, you always call me John, and I am excited to be there. I just try to keep up with your energy.

The confidence today is higher than ever, Shereen, and you knew that was going to be my answer. But the way you deal with emotion is with facts. India will become the number one economy in the world. I think we were the first ones to predict that several years ago. It will be the fastest growing economy in the world, and the increase of standard of living for all 1.4 billion people. The confidence in dealing with the world's largest democracy, candidly with the second world largest democracy in the US, has never been stronger. The startup mentality and the infrastructure buildouts your prior guest talking about instills confidence. And candidly, with the election of President Trump and the key appointments as Secretary of State and National Security Advisor, are very, very strong allies of India. So I think the confidence is greater than it's ever been. So it's impossible to double down and double down and double down again, but that's really what I'm saying the world's going to do in terms of India's future.

Well, you've asked probably three questions, Shereen. First of all, you watched the US stock market in response to the election. It responded very well. President Trump focused on the economy, our immigration issues, and crime. And he won in areas that the Republicans have traditionally not carried, including the average working American. It was probably the broadest win I've seen in quite a while by any leader on either side. President Trump and Prime Minister Modi, as you know, are great friends. They get along extremely well, and their communications is great. And with Marco Rubio, you will see him match up perfectly with Jaishankar in terms of the focus from the foreign affairs leader and from the Secretary of State. And in terms of National Security Advisor, most of you know Mike Waltz is very, very pro-US and India relationships, comes regularly to the country there. So I think the combination of the two are going to drive the US and India economies faster together than before.

And actually, Shereen, I think we will set the pace between our two countries for our countries to lead on AI. It doesn't mean other countries around the world won't drive it, but I think our startup community and our ability to increase our standard of living and drive our stock markets, as well as job creation, are going to be very good under this new combination. Elon Musk and Ramaswamy, I like them. You know, we have real character leaders of our high-tech and our high business. Shereen, you probably find me boring in comparison, but it is exciting, and they do keep us on our toes. But it does speak to the strength of a democracy where you have people that can speak out and speak out with enthusiasm and belief, and both of those individuals are huge believers in the future of India and the relationship between countries. If you look at it across America, regardless of political party, the confidence and trust in India and candidly the love for your country has never been stronger. But it's also a win-win economically where we can generate probably 1% more GDP growth than the US from a tight partnership over this decade per year, and India can probably generate two more points of GDP growth because of the partnership. So I think this will be not only India's decade and India's century, I think it will be India and the US together on everything from artificial intelligence to defense to job creation, and the model for other countries in terms of how countries that are great democracies work together and innovate together.