ANALYSIS — It was billed as a working visit, but it might as well have been a trade summit between two of the world’s economic giants.
President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an evening news conference in the White House East Room, hailed a new “framework” that the American leader contended would “strengthen … every aspect of our partnership and friendship.”
The two leaders spoke of their personal friendship and their countries’ long history as allies over a laundry list of economic, military and geopolitical matters. “I think our relationship is the best it’s ever been,” Trump declared. Modi echoed that sentiment, saying the U.S. president had been “instrumental in nurturing U.S.-India ties and making them vibrant.”
