Bush invited Sikh leaders to reassure them of his support. Bush spoke to Sikh leaders for an hour when he hosted them in September 2001, and followed that up with public comments. "An American Sikh has been killed, unjustly so," Bush said. Finding that leverage within the Trump White House is proving challenging for India, even though Jaishankar's visit is his third to the US since the November 8 election. Six days after the Kansas shooting, India shouldn't even expect an outright condemnation from Trump any more, Mansingh suggested.

Source: The Telegraph February 28, 2017 21:36 UTC