India Treads With Caution After Trump Softens His Rhetoric

New Delhi is proceeding with caution after President Donald Trump appeared to soften his tone against India following weeks of tensions between the two nations marked by the US’s 50% tariffs on goods from the South Asian country.

Trump said at the White House on Friday there was “nothing to worry about” with US-India ties and the two countries had a “special relationship.” He called Narendra Modi a “great prime minister” and said he would always be friends with him. Modi responded hours later with a post on X, saying he “deeply” appreciated and reciprocated the sentiments.