Donald Trump says he might journey to India in 2026

U.S. President Donald Trump has mentioned he might journey to India subsequent 12 months and famous that talks with India are “going good”.

“It’s nice, going good. He [Prime Minister Narendra Modi] stopped… Largely he stopped shopping for oil from Russia,” Mr. Trump mentioned on the Oval Office in response to a query on how talks with Mr. Modi and commerce discussions with India are progressing.

“He’s a good friend of mine, and we converse… He desires me to go there. We’ll determine that out. I’ll go. I had an amazing journey there with Prime Minister Modi, he’s an amazing man. And I’ll be going,” Mr. Trump mentioned.

When requested if he’s planning to go to India subsequent 12 months, Mr. Trump mentioned, “It could possibly be, yeah.” India will host leaders from Australia, Japan, and the United States for the Quad summit in New Delhi after the 2024 summit was held in Wilmington, Delaware.

However, the dates for the summit in India are but to be introduced.

In his remarks earlier than the press, Mr. Trump reiterated his declare that he stopped the struggle between India and Pakistan in May utilizing commerce.

“Of the eight wars I ended, I might say 5 – 6 have been ended due to tariffs. I’ll provide you with an instance. If you check out India and Pakistan, they began to battle, they’re two nuclear nations… They have been taking pictures one another. Eight planes have been shot down. It was seven. Now it’s eight, as a result of the one which was type of shot down is now deserted. Eight planes have been shot down.”

“And I mentioned, ‘Listen, in case you guys are going to battle, I’m gonna put tariffs on you’. And they each went, you understand, they weren’t comfortable about that. And inside 24 hours, I settled the struggle. If I did not have tariffs, I would not have been in a position to settle that struggle,” Mr. Trump mentioned.

The President additionally termed tariffs a “great national defence”.