Will Trump bring India into the superpower group? What is America's new 'Core 5' plan?

News Topical, Digital Desk : US President Donald Trump is planning a new "Core 5" grouping, which would include the United States, India, China, Russia, and Japan. The primary aim is to create a new body of major powers that would bypass the existing Europe-dominated G7 and other traditional democracy- and wealth-based groupings.

While there has been no official statement yet, the White House has denied the document's existence. However, the US publication Politico reported that the idea for a new hard-power group appeared in a longer, unredacted version of the national security strategy, which the White House published last week.

What is America's new 'Core-5' plan?

According to NDTB reports, "The strategy proposes a 'Core Five,' or C-5, consisting of the United States, China, Russia, India, and Japan. Many of these countries have populations exceeding 100 million. This grouping would hold regular summits on specific topics, similar to the G-7. The first topic on the proposed C-5 agenda is security in the Middle East, specifically the normalization of relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia."

Trumpist glimpse

According to Politico, the White House has denied the existence of this document. Press Secretary Hannah Kelly has said that "no alternate, private, or secret version" of the 33-page official plan exists. However, national security experts believe the idea has a "Trumpist" feel.

The report comes at a time when debate is already raging in the US about the extent to which a second term of the Trump administration intends to transform the world order. This view considers existing global forums like the G-7 and G-20 inadequate for a multipolar world and prioritizes compromises between major populations and military-economic powers.

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