India, May 18 -- The theatre surrounding Apple's manufacturing tussle between India and China got another twist this past week, courtesy of US President Donald Trump.

Trump's recent pronouncements, essentially telling Tim Cook to ditch India as a manufacturing hub - "India can take care of themselves," he is said to have quipped - sounded like his characteristic bluster to many.

Timed amid a 90-day US-China trade "truce" and ongoing US-India trade negotiations, Trump's statements paint a complex picture. While Apple has stated that nothing changes as far as its India manufacturing plans are concerned, Trump is not likely to like this answer.

The billion-dollar question: Is Trump genuinely pushing for an "Apple: Made in America" renaiss...