Washington, DC:
Shortly after an hour-long meeting in which US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi discussed the full scope of India-US bilateral relations, the two leaders held a joint press conference where they were from international media. I received a question.
One question asked President Trump after Donald Trump announced cleaning round-trip tariffs for all countries as a massive trade policy time before his meeting with Prime Minister Modi. He or Prime Minister Modi – was about being a stricter and better negotiator. ? To this, the US President replied, “He is a much tougher negotiator than me, and he is a much better negotiator than me. There are no even contests.”
#clock |Washington, DC: US President Donald Trump says, “He (Prime Minister Narendra Modi) is a much tougher negotiator than me, and he is a much better negotiator than me. There are no even contests.”
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-Ani (@ani) February 13, 2025
President Trump said, “It's fair that taxes and tariffs are mutually exclusive.” Explaining his claim, he said “many attempts have been made” to reduce tariffs on US exports over time, but that hasn't worked, so we now have the exact same way I decided to go back and forth at – was done previously. ”
Trade and tariffs were top priority in Donald Trump's efforts to “make America great again.” On multiple past occasions, Trump has stated that “tariffs” is his favorite word in the dictionary, and that he is confident that they are key to the revival of the US economy.
Even on Thursday evening (East US time), Donald Trump said, “We (we) are the world's number one economy and we're still — but since the community, the economy has been under stress. I will revive it,” he said, answering another question about tariffs.
The two leaders spoke to the media even before the bilateral talks began. Donald Trump said that Prime Minister Modi was a great leader, adding that “We are going to do some great trade deals for India and the United States.”
In addition to trade and tariffs, the two leaders discussed issues relating to regional and global security, the Indian and US defense partnership, foreign investment, energy, technology, education, visas and immigration.
Prime Minister Modi is one of the first world leaders to travel to the US for an official visit after winning his election and meet Donald Trump. This is when Prime Minister Modi visited the United States 10 times as prime minister and fourth as president.
