Nikki Haley for President? Asian-Americans project growing political power

IMAGINE the following scenario at the White House in early 2025: The 47th president of the United States, the first woman and first Asian-American to occupy this position, is welcoming British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, whose parents, like those of the American head of state, are of Indian-Punjabi descent.

President Haley shakes hands with PM Sunak, although she then half-jokingly adds a Namaste greeting, and then whispers to him that when they don’t want their aides to hear what they have to say, they can converse in Punjabi.

The newly elected American president had just won a close presidential race against the Democratic opponent, former Vice President Kamala Harris, herself a daughter of an immigrant from the Madras province of India, while PM Sunak was re-elected after facing a strong challenge from the UK Labour Party candidate.