Trump is the gift that keeps giving to China
https://www.ft.com/content/d10ea991-627d-4c79-8d80-04af180c69dc
Ed Luce:
Aiding the emergence of a strong and counterbalancing India has been America’s most important China play in the last quarter of a century. But Trump keeps going the extra mile to cast doubt on whether that still holds. Having claimed (falsely according to India) that he stopped India and Pakistan from going to war in May, Trump is going out of his way to woo Pakistan. On the same day in June that Trump invited Modi to Washington, he had a private lunch with Asim Munir, Pakistan’s military chief. American presidents do not share one-to-one meals with heads of foreign armies. Yet for Pakistan he made an exception. Modi politely declined Trump’s invitation. Now Trump is taunting India that it has a “dead economy” and might one day have to import its oil from Pakistan. This is how you lose friends and squander influence.
https://www.ft.com/content/d10ea991-627d-4c79-8d80-04af180c69dc
Ed Luce:
Aiding the emergence of a strong and counterbalancing India has been America’s most important China play in the last quarter of a century. But Trump keeps going the extra mile to cast doubt on whether that still holds. Having claimed (falsely according to India) that he stopped India and Pakistan from going to war in May, Trump is going out of his way to woo Pakistan. On the same day in June that Trump invited Modi to Washington, he had a private lunch with Asim Munir, Pakistan’s military chief. American presidents do not share one-to-one meals with heads of foreign armies. Yet for Pakistan he made an exception. Modi politely declined Trump’s invitation. Now Trump is taunting India that it has a “dead economy” and might one day have to import its oil from Pakistan. This is how you lose friends and squander influence.
Trump Accuses India, While US Trade with Russia Surges
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How to Get the U.S.-India Relationship Back on Track
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/india-united-states-trump-modi-tariffs-trade-relationship-russia/
Trump is threatening one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships. He alone can fix it.
India’s Pragmatic Pivot Toward China
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/india-pivot-china-trump-geopolitics-uncertainty/
By improving business ties with Beijing, New Delhi is advancing its economic interests amid uncertainty from Washington.
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/05/india-united-states-trump-modi-tariffs-trade-relationship-russia/
Trump is threatening one of the world’s most important bilateral relationships. He alone can fix it.
India’s Pragmatic Pivot Toward China
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/04/india-pivot-china-trump-geopolitics-uncertainty/
By improving business ties with Beijing, New Delhi is advancing its economic interests amid uncertainty from Washington.