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Cooling Trump-Modi bromance spilling over into US-India ties
Unmet expectations, perceived snubs and suspicions over relations with rivals China and Pakistan are adding to a sense of disillusionment.
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President Donald Trump with Prime Minister Narendra Modi ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, in February 2020.
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- Trump and Modi presented contrasting accounts of a ceasefire between India and Pakistan after a four-day skirmish in early May.
- Trump's actions, like meeting the Pakistani General, signal a weakening US-India relationship.
- Despite tensions and strategic differences, both countries need each other.
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If ever dissonance between two world leaders was so obvious, it came last week when leaders of India and the US offered contrasting accounts of a ceasefire agreed between Pakistan and India, after their four-day skirmish in early May.
Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said in a read-out that in a 35-minute phone call initiated by President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had not only declined an invitation to stop in Washington on his way home after the Group of Seven meetings hosted by Canada
