Trump said – Modi is a better negotiator than me, America is ready to give F-35 fighter jets to India
PM Narendra Modi has returned to Delhi after completing his US tour. PM Modi reached the White House at 3 pm on Friday to meet US President Donald Trump. The two leaders were together for about two and a half hours. During this period, bilateral talks were held between the two. Trump and PM Modi spoke to the media twice.
Trump praised Modi on the tariff issue and called him a tough negotiator. He called PM Modi his friend and said he was doing a good job. Trump announced to give F-35 fighter jets to India. Along with this, he also talked about sending 2008 Mumbai attack terrorist Tahawwur Rana to India.
While pm modi congratulated Trump on being elected as the President of the United States for the second time. In response to a question, PM Modi said that it is a matter of happiness to get the opportunity to work with Trump again. Modi said that the meeting between him and Trump means one and one eleven.
Key points of Modi’s statement…
Illegal immigration
People who are living illegally in other countries have no legal right to be there. We have always said that we are ready to bring back those people who are citizens of India and are living illegally in America.
Human trafficking
People from ordinary families are being shown big dreams. Most of them are being misled. Both America and India should work together to eradicate this system from its roots.
Terrorism
We agree that concrete steps must be taken to eradicate terrorism spreading from across the border. I applaud the decision to extradite the perpetrator of the genocide to India.
Russia-Ukraine war
The world’s view is that India is neutral, but India is not neutral, India’s own side is peace. Solutions to problems come only after discussions at the table. I fully support the peace initiative taken by President Trump.
4 important points from Trump’s statement…
Tariff
In this meeting we have discussed every aspect. We will continue to expand our strategic partnership with India. India imposes 70% tariff.
Khalistan
I don’t think India had a good relationship with the Biden administration. There were a lot of incidents that were not appropriate. We will work together with India to control crime.
On taking a tough stance on India
How will you defeat China by being tough on India? In response to this, he said, “We can defeat anyone, but we don’t plan to defeat anyone.”
On the trade deficit with India
We can fill the deficit gap very easily through the sale of oil, gas and LNG. For this, we have signed an important agreement.
There has been no discussion on the Adani issue.
The media asked PM Modi whether there was any discussion on Gautam Adani’s case in his meeting with President Trump. To this, he said that the heads of the two countries neither meet, nor sit, nor talk for such personal matters.
What is the matter – Adani’s company is accused of acquiring solar renewable energy projects in India through unfair means. For this, a plan was made to bribe government officials to the tune of $250 million, or about Rs 2,029 crore. In addition, the money was collected by lying to American investors and banks.
The US Department of Defense’s most expensive fighter jet, the F-35
The F-35 fighter aircraft is a 5th generation aircraft. It is developed by Lockheed Martin. The production of this aircraft began in 2006. Since 2015, it has been an important part of the US Air Force. The F-35 is the most expensive aircraft in the history of the US Department of Defense Pentagon. America spends $82.5 million (about Rs. 715 crore) on one F-35 fighter plane.
Trump imposes tariffs around the world 2 hours before meeting with Modi
2 hours before the meeting with PM Modi, US President Donald Trump announced the imposition of reciprocal tariffs on all countries including India. Reciprocal tariffs mean that whatever tariff a country imposes on American goods, America will also impose the same tariff on that country’s goods.
Trump accused India of imposing excessive tariffs. He said-
India is the leader in imposing tariffs. There are some smaller countries that impose even higher tariffs, but India’s tariffs are very high. I remember when Harley Davidson couldn’t sell its motorbikes in India because the taxes in India were very high, the tariffs were very high. So Harley was forced to stop production. I think they had to build a factory in India to avoid paying the tariffs.
Musk, Ramaswamy and American NSA arrived to meet the PM yesterday
PM Modi’s bilateral talks began at around 9 pm (Indian time) on Thursday. He first met US National Security Advisor (NSA) Mike Waltz. Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval were also present in the meeting.
After this, Elon Musk came to meet PM Modi. Musk visited Blair House with his family.