While the situation seemed to have thawed between the two countries and trade talks are set to resume, it may not lead to a Trump-Modi meeting, especially given the repeated proclamations by the US President of stopping the India-Pakistan conflict when India launched Operation Sindoor.

The latest assertion by Trump came during his address to the United Nations General Assembly, which the Prime Minister skilled and deployed External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar instead. President Trump also hit out against India and China for funding the Ukraine war in his UNGA address.

Other than cold numbers and geopolitical and economic ground realities and compulsions, the perception battle and image trappings of President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi could also come in the way of a

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