
Flattery and friction: How foreign media reported PM Modi's meeting with Trump
India TodayPrime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump met at the White House on Thursday for high-stakes talks spanning trade, defence, energy, and technology. “Whatever India charges, we charge them.” PM Modi, however, vowed to protect India’s interests, while also indicating India's intention to heavily ramp up US defence equipment purchases and energy imports, which Reuters described as “aspirational”. It noted that PM Modi "heaped praise" on the US President, even borrowing Trump’s campaign slogan, declaring, “Make India Great Again.” “All the flattery concealed a number of tensions between the two nations, including on two of Mr Trump’s signature issues, trade and immigration,” the Times reported. Fox News focused on PM Modi’s adoption of Trump’s branding, running the headline: Indian Prime Minister Modi takes page from Trump, says ‘Make India Great Again’. “And I’m very grateful to President Trump that, in 2008, somebody who carried out genocide in India – that criminal is now going to be handed over to India.” The Qatar-based news outlet also took note of US moves to ramp up military sales to India, after Trump announced that defense agreements would be worth “many billions of dollars.” Published By: Devika Bhattacharya Published On: Feb 14, 2025
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