The Daily Populous Sunday August 31st, 2025 morning edition
Authored by newindianexpress.com and submitted by Top-Flatworm8201

US President Donald Trump has “no longer plans” to visit India for the Quad Summit later this year, The New York Times reported Saturday, outlining how relations between Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi have deteriorated in recent month.

The New York Times, in its report titled "The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled", sources familiar with Trump’s schedule revealed that after initially assuring Prime Minister Modi of a visit to India for the Quad Summit later this year, Trump now has no plans to make the trip in the fall.

There has been no official comment from the US on the NYT claims. Meanwhile, A spokesperson of the US embassy in New Delhi said, "we have received no official information on this matter. We refer you to the White House for details on the President’s schedule."

The Quad Summit, scheduled for November in New Delhi, will see leaders from India, Australia, Japan, and the US come together to discuss key geopolitical issues.

The fallout between Trump and Modi reportedly began after the US President’s repeated claims that he had “solved” the May India-Pakistan conflict—a statement that India vehemently denied.

The NYT report indicates that Modi became increasingly frustrated with Trump’s interventions, with tensions reaching a boiling point after a June 17 phone call between the two leaders.

That conversation, which took place as Trump returned from the G7 summit in Canada, came after a tense diplomatic episode where Modi had clearly stated that India would not accept US mediation in the conflict with Pakistan. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri later confirmed that Modi had emphasised that India had resolved the situation directly with Pakistan and had no discussions with Trump regarding a trade deal or mediation.

The strained relationship follows a broader backdrop of trade tensions between the two nations, further escalating in the aftermath of Trump’s controversial remarks. This cooling of ties now casts uncertainty on the future of the Quad alliance, which has been a key element of Indo-US cooperation, according to the report.

The Trump administration hosted the Quad Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in January this year, a day after Trump took the oath of office as President for a second term in the White House.

Armano-Avalus on August 30th, 2025 at 17:39 UTC »

Hilarious that all it took was Pakistan nominating Trump for that prize that Obama got. Who knows, maybe they'll make up next week but certainly I wasn't expecting the Nobel peace prize obsession to be such a big issue.

hinterstoisser on August 30th, 2025 at 17:28 UTC »

Good - stay out. Send his defense guys and military folks over.

Plus India , Japan and Aussies- we can get more meaningful work done without one single person looking to hog the limelight

Top-Flatworm8201 on August 30th, 2025 at 16:08 UTC »

Submission Statement:

US President Donald Trump “no longer has plans” to visit India later this year for the Quad Summit, The New York Times claimed on Saturday, as it detailed how relations between the American leader and Prime Minister Narendra Modi “unraveled” over the last few months.

Known as the 'Quadrilateral Security Dialogue' (QSD), the Quad is an informal strategic forum comprising four nations, namely -- United States of America (USA), India, Australia and Japan. One of the primary objectives of the Quad is to work for a free, open, prosperous and inclusive Indo-Pacific region (Countering China).