Narendra Modi’s first meeting with Donald Trump — at least the section of it that was put out in the public domain — was underwhelming. A look back at the first joint statement issued by this duo’s successors (Manmohan Singh and Barack Obama respectively) supports that assessment, but we’ll get back to that shortly.
Given the sheer weight of expectation piled onto Modi’s US visit (in no small part by a few of our own news outlets), the resultant joint statement was always going to buckle at the knees. And so, it was always going to be unfair to expect some sort of detailed and expansive joint statement that covered every aspect of the India-US relationship, to emanate from this meeting.
Plus, it’s worth bearing in mind that this was the first meeting between Modi and Trump, in the latter’s capacity as President of the United States.
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