Akash Sama­roo

For­mer Trinidad and To­ba­go Per­ma­nent Rep­re­sen­ta­tive to the Unit­ed Na­tions, Rod­ney Charles, is warn­ing that coun­tries which have strong­ly aligned them­selves with US Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump could face po­lit­i­cal and diplo­mat­ic fall­out if the bal­ance of pow­er shifts in Wash­ing­ton fol­low­ing the No­vem­ber mid-term elec­tions.

Charles, a for­mer Na­pari­ma MP for the Unit­ed Na­tion­al Con­gress (UNC), be­lieves the Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar ad­min­is­tra­tion should be­gin prepar­ing now for that pos­si­bil­i­ty, ar­gu­ing that the po­lit­i­cal winds in the Unit­ed States could change sig­nif­i­cant­ly if De­moc­rats make ma­jor gains in Con­gress.