India isn’t the freeloader the US makes it out to be

India received $135 billion in remittances in FY25, more than any country has ever received.

Nine million Indians in the Gulf remit $51 billion yearly, but they are expected to leave and are not offered citizenship.

India runs a $41 billion goods trade surplus with the US, but the relationship is more complex than tariff numbers suggest.

The US benefits from India's brightest students trained in subsidized Indian institutions, who pay hefty fees and often stay in the US.