From Hugs to Tariffs: How Modi’s Trump Bet Backfired

From Hugs to Tariffs: How Modi’s Trump Bet Backfired

Narendra Modi’s personalised diplomacy with Donald Trump ends in trade setbacks, diplomatic snubs, and weakened leverage in global crises.

India needs to know — why did Modi government fail to secure a deal with US?

Indian negotiators failed to size up Trump despite him notching up wins with so many others, perhaps blindsided by Modi’s friendship vibes.

Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker

Jeet Heer The Indian prime minister discovers that the world’s biggest bully sees fawning as weakness. The post Narendra Modi Learns That Not Even Trump Respects a Bootlicker appeared first on The Nation.

The end of the Trump-Modi bromance

When Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Donald Trump in the Oval Office in February, the Indian premier was in an exuberant mood at the prospect of a second Trump term.