The answer is “no,” with one exception and one qualification.
Secretary Clinton’s campaign motto of “Stronger Together” contrasted with Mr. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” in a subtle but important way that mattered for India: She never built a wall around the word “together,” whereas he repeatedly rejected an “all are welcome” message.
Indians know well the ways to live in close quarters amidst diverse ethnicities, faiths, languages, and cultures, and the dangers, even violence, which follow when they depart from the Gandhian legacy of tolerance. Her inclusive paradigm reassured Indians she would not toss them into his “basket of deplorables” (to call up an unfortunate Clintonian hustings epithet). He gave Indians no such comfort.
President Trump is not a cautious pragmatist. He is an impulsive eclectic. Indians could hope for quick, radical change in America’s visa policies, thanks to his business sense of the need to plug gaps in the labour supply to Silicon Valley. Or, they could decry his failure to differentiate them from all other prospective immigrants. Who knows? What is clear is that on three of four topics of vital importance to the sub-continent, Trumpian greatness for America will run counter to India’s best interests.