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This is how Indian TV channels covered Trump threats, ceasefire and Pakistan’s role

Indian news channels were not pulling their punches; many seemed convinced that Trump lost the war.

We went to sleep with US President Donald Trump’s nightmare threat, “A whole civilisation will die tonight”. We woke up to as civilised a ceasefire as he is capable of, with his announcement, “I agree to suspend the bombing and attack of Iran for a period of two weeks.”

“At 8:06 a.m. on Tuesday, President Trump delivered an apocalyptic threat to Iran…Ten hours and 26 minutes later, at 6:32 p.m. Eastern time, he lifted the threat, for now…’’ wrote The New York Times on Wednesday morning.

The ceasefire announcement, across many news media outlets, was received with one huge sigh of relief, expressed without any fanfare. “US-Iran agree for two-week ceasefire; Strait of Hormuz to reopen,’’ wrote the Associated Press news agency.

“Trump declares ceasefire, Tehran agrees safe Hormuz transit,” said Al Jazeera, the Qatar-based news channel.

And then there’s this brief and to-the-point headline from The Hindu: `U.S., Iran agree to two-week ceasefire’.

Only the irrepressible Hindi news channels couldn’t resist the temptation to pepper their headlines with some red chilli powder: ‘Trump has lost,’ was  Republic Bharat’s conclusion. ‘Trump trapped in Hormuz chakravyuh,’ said News Nation.

Countdown to hellfire 

If the announcement of the ceasefire fell short of expectations, blame it on Trump—and many in the news media who made us fear the worst. When Trump spits out threats such as, “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!! Open the ******* Strait, you crazy b*******, or you’ll be living in Hell,” you’re........

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