{"id":1184,"date":"2025-09-06T05:18:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/?p=1184"},"modified":"2025-09-06T05:18:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T05:18:58","slug":"pm-modi-appreciates-trumps-friendship-remark-despite-tariff-disputes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/2025\/09\/06\/pm-modi-appreciates-trumps-friendship-remark-despite-tariff-disputes\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi Appreciates Trump\u2019s Friendship Remark Despite Tariff Disputes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"9fece8afa224fd09e54b043d0febfb58\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- NR ATF -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8898941184964366\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"4839033563\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p data-start=\"220\" data-end=\"458\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has publicly responded to US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent remarks about their friendship, marking his first acknowledgment of ties with Trump since Washington imposed additional tariffs on Indian imports.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"460\" data-end=\"937\">In a post on X (formerly Twitter), PM Modi formally shared that he \u201c<em><strong>deeply appreciates<\/strong><\/em>\u201d and \u201c<strong><em>fully reciprocates<\/em><\/strong>\u201d Trump\u2019s sentiments, adding that India and the United States enjoy a \u201c<strong><em>very positive and forward-looking comprehensive global strategic partnership<\/em><\/strong>.\u201d His response came shortly after President Trump told reporters at the White House that he would \u201calways be friends with Modi,\u201d describing him as a great prime minister, while expressing disapproval of India\u2019s recent trade stance.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"939\" data-end=\"1193\">Trump remarked, <em data-start=\"955\" data-end=\"1191\">\u201cI\u2019ll always be friends with Modi. He\u2019s great. But I just don\u2019t like what he\u2019s doing at this particular moment. India and the United States have a special relationship. There\u2019s nothing to worry about\u2014we just have moments on occasion.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1249\"><strong>India-US Trade Relations Strained by Tariffs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1251\" data-end=\"1527\">The backdrop to this exchange is rising trade friction between the two nations. In August, Trump imposed a 25% tariff on Indian imports, followed by an additional 25% duty in response to New Delhi\u2019s continued purchase of Russian oil, bringing the total tariff burden to 50%.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1783\">India criticized the move as unjustified and accused Washington of unfairly targeting its trade with Moscow. The escalating tariffs have added pressure to India-US trade relations, which both sides have otherwise described as strategic and long-term.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1529\" data-end=\"1783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1163 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SBI-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"India, Narendra Modi, Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, SCO, Donald Trump\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SBI-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SBI-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SBI-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/SBI.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"1790\" data-end=\"1833\"><strong>US Officials Expect Fresh Negotiations<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1835\" data-end=\"2126\">The <em>United States Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick<\/em> recently suggested that India would likely engage in negotiations with Washington within the next few months. He described India as the \u201cvowel\u201d between Russia and China in the BRICS grouping, highlighting New Delhi\u2019s central role in global geopolitics.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2128\" data-end=\"2557\">Meanwhile, Trump took to his Truth Social account, expressing concern over India\u2019s growing closeness with Russia and China. He wrote, <em data-start=\"2262\" data-end=\"2385\">\u201cLooks like we\u2019ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!\u201d<\/em> The post included an old photo of PM Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping during a Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit.<\/p>\n<h3 data-start=\"2564\" data-end=\"2618\"><strong>Modi-Trump Friendship Continues<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2620\" data-end=\"2965\">While India pushed back strongly against the US tariffs, it has so far avoided responding to Trump\u2019s suggestion that New Delhi is moving closer to Beijing. Instead, the Indian government has highlighted its enduring partnership with Washington, reaffirming the \u201cspecial relationship\u201d between the two democracies despite current trade disputes.<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi has publicly responded to US President Donald Trump\u2019s recent remarks about their friendship, marking his first acknowledgment of ties with Trump&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[220,216,332,253,254,502],"class_list":["post-1184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-donald-trump","tag-india","tag-pm-narendra-modi","tag-trade-tariff","tag-us","tag-white-house","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1186,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1184\/revisions\/1186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsraise.com\/in\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}