Washington DC:
While Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his visit to the United States and left for New Delhi, the American media were completely praised for the way Prime Minister Modi treated US President Donald Trump and called it a “master class for other leaders around the world”. .
PM Modi, who is one of the first pair of world leaders to meet Donald Trump and had bilateral conversations, was in Washington on the same day when Trump announced radical mutual rates for both allies and competitors.
President Trump, who has called India a “rate king” and a “massive abuser of rates” in the past, said he was “excited” to see Premier Modi. “Premier Modi is a great leader,” he said, adding that “we will conclude some beautiful trade agreements for India and the US.”
By the end of the meeting, despite the pressure of Trump's rate announcement that same day, PM Modi changed the bilateral meeting to an opportunity. According to the joint statement issued by both countries, the US and India subsequently concluded important agreements on trade, energy, defense, security, production and technology.
About the way Prime Minister Modi had to do with Donald Trump, said DailyExpertNews's senior journalist Will Ripley: “I think we've seen now, first with Japanese Premier Ishiba's very positive meeting with Trump, and now what apparently is a very positive meeting is with Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi – this is a master class for other leaders around the world to know how to negotiate with President Trump. “
He continued to say that “Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi understood the assignment. It could have been bad. Prime Minister Modi was in DC on the same day that Trump announced dreaded mutual rates. Despite commercial friction, both parties walked away with a potential trade agreement to be delivered , energy, military, etc. “He wrote on social media website X.
The Indian Premier Modi understood the assignment in his 8th meeting with President Trump. It could have been bad. Modi was on the same day in DC Trump announced feared mutual rates. Despite trade friction, both parties ran away with products to be delivered on a potential trade … pic.twitter.com/73xjkfvp6w
– Will Ripley (@Willripleycnn) February 14, 2025
“By the end of the meeting we saw that they have announced the best possible outcome-that they will accelerate the negotiations on a trading deal. India is also receiving more American investments in nuclear energy and is also offered the F-35 (Stealth Fighter) Jets. Both parties came out with a win, “he said.
He also praised PM modes 'Miga + Maga = Mega – a mega partnership for Prosperity' slogan and said that “this is exactly the kind of messages and smart branding is that Trump likes to hear”.
Donald Trump also praised the negotiation skills of PM Modi during a press conference after the two leaders had held an hour -long bilateral conversations where High Trade on the agenda. Because he is asked by a reporter about who is a more difficult negotiator, Donald Trump said: “He (PM Modi) is a much more difficult negotiator than me and he is a much better negotiator than me. There is not even a competition.”
In a joint statement issued by both countries, India and the US have promised more than double the two -way trade to USD 500 billion by 2030 and have announced plans for a bilateral trade agreement with a view to reducing tasks and access to the market in both countries.
