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‘Will talk to PM Modi soon’: Trump shifts tone, says India and US are negotiating trade deal

Trump has shifted his tone towards India, after repeatedly slamming the country for buying Russian oil, calling its economy “dead” and warning that the US “lost” New Delhi to China after PM Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the SCO Summit

US President Donald Trump has said that he is “looking forward” to speaking with his “very good friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the following weeks, adding that his administration is working to negotiate a trade deal with India.

In a post on Truth Social, Trump said, “I feel certain that there will be no difficulty in coming to a successful conclusion for both of our Great Countries! I look forward to speaking with my very good friend, Prime Minister Modi, in the upcoming weeks.”

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Trump has shifted his tone towards India, after repeatedly slamming the country for buying Russian oil, calling its economy “dead” and warning that the US “lost” New Delhi to China after PM Modi met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia’s Vladimir Putin at the SCO Summit.

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