Nothing negative suddenly emerging with Trump set to become US president: Prof Yunus

Chief Adviser Prof Muhammad Yunus has said he does not see any negative thing emerging suddenly because Donald Trump is set to become the president of the United States again, stressing that he does not have any problem with Trump in a personal way.

"I think the foreign policy of the United States is not something that switches back and forth depending on who is the President," he said while responding to a question during an interview with Qatar-based media Al Jazeera, adding that there is a stable part of that policy.

Prof Yunus said he has no problem with the Republican Party, or the Democratic Party, or even Trump.

The chief adviser said he had no interaction with President Trump in the past and that he has friends in both parties.  

If political parties want elections without reforms, we’ll do that: Yunus tells AJ

Donald Trump will officially become the 47th President of the United States after the inaugural ceremony.

The inauguration day will take place on 20 January 2025, and it is the day Donald Trump moves into the White House. Until then, President Joe Biden remains in the top job.

It will be the second time that Trump will take up the role after having previously served as president between 2017 and 2021.

Before the US election, Trump condemned the "barbaric violence against Hindus, Christians, and other minorities who are getting attacked and looted by mobs in Bangladesh."

"It would have never happened on my watch. Kamala and Joe have ignored Hindus across the world and in America. They have been a disaster from Israel to Ukraine to our own Southern Border, but we will Make America Strong Again and bring back Peace through Strength!" he wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.

Responding to a question by an Al Jazeera journalist on this, Prof Yunus said this is mostly propaganda – totally baseless propaganda. "It's unfortunate."

He said most of the propaganda originates from the Indian side for whatever reason it may be – to keep the tensions alive, probably. 

"But in reality, it does not exist," said Prof Yunus, adding that violence started during the period of revolution not because they were Hindus or other religions but because they were mostly Awami Leaguers. "Most of the Hindus happened to be Awami Leaguers."

In his televised speech on Sunday evening, the chief adviser said the minorities were subjected to violence in some cases, but it was 'completely exaggerated'.

"When we took over the charge, Bangladesh was a completely unguarded country. At that time, there was an attempt to spread unnecessary panic among religious minorities," he said.

The chief adviser said the main reason for the few incidents of violence that occurred was political.