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PM Modi’s ‘friend’ Donald Trump back as US President: What it means for India

Commenting on the US presidential battle, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar in Canberra said that the US is “very likely to become more isolationist regardless of who wins between Trump and Kamala Harris". A week before the US presidential election, Donald Trump had, in a Diwali post on X, vowed to strengthen the “great partnership" between the United States and India, referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as his “good friend".