It's finally out. Donald Trump fought a bitter political battle to be elected as the 45th president of the world's oldest democracy. India's past experiences with US presidents show that a Republican president is generally better for us than a Democrat one. But in recent history, Indo-US relations have broadly stuck to a steady path — starting with Democrat Bill Clinton to republican Gorge W. Bush to Democrat Barack Obama.Here, let us have a look at what could happen to Indo-US relations under Donald Trump.• Trump’s ‘hawkish’ trade policy of ‘America first’ and his plans to renegotiate all foreign trade deals will affect trade treaties with India, too.• Trump terms H1B visa programme as 'unfair', and his stated purpose is to end the programme. If Trump wins, Indian IT stocks and IT companies like TCS and Infosys are likely to be the first victims of this policy.• He is often seen exhibiting a double standard towards India — on the one hand he has said India is doing great and on the other he said he would bring American jobs back from India.• Bringing jobs back to America could mean harsher conditions for entry of immigrants from India.• Trump’s promise to reduce the US corporate tax rate from 35 per cent to 15 per cent could result in companies like Ford, GM and Microsoft rushing back to the US.• This rush of US firms will hit Modi’s Make in India push.• Although Trump wants to put stricter immigration rules, he also says he wants to woo Indian entrepreneurs and students to the US.• Trump criticised China throughout his campaign, described it as one of the US’s top adversaries. That could make for an advantage to India.• He said he would label China a currency manipulator and impose heavy tariffs if China didn’t agree to rewrite trade agreements.• He labelled Pakistan as semi-stable and a safe haven for terrorists.• This could mean the continuation of US’ Pivot to Asia policy where India is seen as a counterbalance to China.• Trump’s hard stance on terrorism could also result into deeper Indo-US defence and strategic ties.• And finally, closer defence ties might give a further push to Indo-US business ties as well.