Donald Trump pushes India to buy more US weapons in trade rebalancing

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : In a social media post late on Monday, Modi called Trump a "dear friend" and said they were "committed to a mutually beneficial and trusted partnership" in several areas, including security.
65% : Trump later told reporters that Modi would visit the White House "probably in February", which would make the Indian leader among the first foreign dignitaries to visit since the US president's inauguration.
56% : Trump and Modi also discussed expanding security co-operation in the Indo-Pacific region and reiterated their commitment to the Quad -- a strategic grouping that also includes Japan and Australia -- according to the White House.
53% : Trump emphasised that India should be increasing its "procurement of American-made security equipment and moving toward a fair bilateral trading relationship", according to a White House statement issued after the call between the leaders, which the US called "productive".Trump and Modi cultivated a close relationship during the US president's first term, and New Delhi has been a strategic partner in Washington's efforts to counter an increasingly assertive Beijing.
41% : "The bilateral relationship is likely to remain a strong one under Trump 2.0, yet transactional, in which President Trump will also require some concessions from India," said Rani Mullen, a senior visiting fellow at the Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi.
40% : Trump said he and Modi also discussed immigration, a priority for the new US administration, adding that the Indian prime minister would "do what's right" in terms of accepting the return of illegal Indian nationals from the US.Indians made up the third-largest group of unauthorised immigrants in the US in 2022 after Mexico and El Salvador, according to the Pew Research Center.
26% : But Trump also called India a "very big abuser" on trade during his re-election campaign last year, and analysts pointed to areas of friction between the countries, such as their trade deficit, Indian imports of Russian oil and the flow of Indian immigrants to the US.
23% : Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Brics countries, a grouping of major emerging economies that includes India.

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