Howard Lutnick says he is confident India will soon come to the negotiating table, apologize and try to reach a compromise with Trump.
Speaking to Bloomberg, Lutnick said he was confident that within a month or two India would come to the negotiating table, apologise and try to reach a compromise with Donald Trump.
Lutnik further said that now it will depend on Donald Trump how he deals with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He said, “This is why Trump is the President, and it is up to him to decide.
This statement came a few hours after Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US has lost India and Russia to the ‘deepest and darkest China’. He also shared an old photo of Prime Minister Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Trump also warned about the BRICS alliance and said that India will now have to decide whether it will support the US or stand with Russia and China. According to him, “India is playing the role of a balance between Russia and China in BRICS, but if this is the path to choose, then it should choose clearly.
A former administration official put it in even harsher terms: “India either has to support the dollar and the US, support its biggest customer, the American consumer, or be prepared to pay 50% tariffs. Now it remains to be seen how long this situation lasts.
