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India's Modi cozies up with Putin, Xi in statement against Trump 'bullying'
Fox News ^ | 09/01/2025 | Anders Hagstrom

Posted on 09/01/2025 1:07:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi held warm meetings with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday, sending Washington a clear message after President Donald Trump's heavy tariffs against India went into effect last week.

Xi hosted Modi, Putin and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) at the port city of Tianjin. China has long sought to build up the group in a challenge to U.S. and NATO dominance. Modi was pictured having friendly exchanges and holding hands with both leaders, and he emphasized that India sees itself as a "partner" of China's rather than "rival."

Modi's trip was his first time visiting China in seven years. He also took a ride in Putin's presidential limo, echoing Putin's own visit with Trump in Alaska last month. The two leaders held a separate bilateral meeting after the summit.

"Conversations with him are always insightful," Modi wrote on X, posting a picture of himself with Putin.

Putin in turn called Modi his "dear friend" and expressed gratitude that India and Russia share "friendly and trusting" relations.

While Modi never criticized Trump or the U.S. outright, his warming up to U.S. adversaries is a clear rebuke amid India's tariff strife with Trump. The U.S. imposed a 50% tariff on Indian goods beginning last week. Xi also stopped short of naming Washington, but condemned "bullying behavior" by countries during his summit address.

Trump appeared to receive the message on Monday, reacting to the trio's meeting in a post on social media. He argued India had much more to lose in an economic standoff with the U.S.

"What few people understand is that we do very little business with India, but they do a tremendous amount of business with us," Trump wrote, adding that the U.S. is India's "biggest client."

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TOPICS: China; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: andershagstrom; china; india; narendramodi; tariffs; ukraine

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1 posted on 09/01/2025 1:07:43 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

Some people make the wrong decision under stress.


2 posted on 09/01/2025 1:08:25 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: SeekAndFind

Awwwww, poor baby!


3 posted on 09/01/2025 1:11:11 PM PDT by bwest
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To: SeekAndFind

Please don’t bully the bullies


4 posted on 09/01/2025 1:13:48 PM PDT by lonestar67 (America is exceptional)
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To: SeekAndFind

Do so at your own peril.


5 posted on 09/01/2025 1:14:30 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍! Winning currently!)
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To: SeekAndFind

What anti trump trash…

Title refers to “bullying”, while content says there is nothing quotable from modi. The author and title editor simply want some trump bashing in there attributed to modi or putin without evidence


6 posted on 09/01/2025 1:15:37 PM PDT by C210N (Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur.)
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To: SeekAndFind

These are our enemies and don’t forget it.


7 posted on 09/01/2025 1:16:51 PM PDT by Williams (Thank God for the election of President Trump!)
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Attempting to stop Russia’s war in the Ukraine is hardly bullying. India was never our ally and less we have to do with their dump of a country the better off we will be.


8 posted on 09/01/2025 1:17:15 PM PDT by escapefromboston (Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Cancel all H1Bs and send em packing.


9 posted on 09/01/2025 1:38:55 PM PDT by DownInFlames (P)
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To: SeekAndFind

I guess Indians were never bullied by their British colonizers.


10 posted on 09/01/2025 2:02:17 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)
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To: SeekAndFind

The United States sent twenty-five percent of its wheat crop to India in 1965 to help combat starvation during a severe food crisis.

And Modi fondles Putin in 2025.


11 posted on 09/01/2025 2:05:10 PM PDT by odawg
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To: SeekAndFind

Xi-boy, “bullying” is what Japan did to you.

Trump is trying to make us NOT YOU in the boxer war.


12 posted on 09/01/2025 2:09:26 PM PDT by If You Want It Fixed - Fix It
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To: SeekAndFind

The economic war against Russia is driving Russia and India to China.


13 posted on 09/01/2025 2:14:23 PM PDT by Arcadian Empire (The Baric-Daszak-Fauci spike protein, by itself, is deadly.)
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To: SeekAndFind

“Cozies-up”? More like driven. We have started a tariff war against India by trying to dictate where they can buy oil — to fight a nation that is the left’s enemy but not ours. Our consumers are paying for the tariffs.


14 posted on 09/01/2025 2:49:21 PM PDT by Socon-Econ (adi)
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To: Socon-Econ

Bullcrap. Tarriff them at 00 percent till they take thier hordes back.


15 posted on 09/01/2025 3:13:55 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: Socon-Econ

200


16 posted on 09/01/2025 3:14:09 PM PDT by cowboyusa ( YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA AND HE WILL HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE HIM!)
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To: ifinnegan

Maybe Modi is ill


17 posted on 09/01/2025 3:15:07 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: SeekAndFind

To join a country that you are fighting at you border in nuts


18 posted on 09/01/2025 3:16:29 PM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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