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With Rubio visit India asks how it fits in Trump worldview
In the backdrop to Rubio's visit lies a question—how does India, long courted by the United States, figure in the norms-shattering and highly personalized worldview of President Donald Trump?
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AFP - Thu, 21, May 2026
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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 13, 2025. / REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo/File Photo
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio heads to India this weekend doing something he has not done yet -- a multi-city tour of a country where he will seek to build ties beyond government meetings in the capital.
But in the backdrop to Rubio's visit lies a question—how does India, long courted by the United States, figure in the norms-shattering and highly personalized worldview of President Donald Trump?
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Since the late 1990s, US presidents across party lines have put a top priority on wooing India, overlooking disagreements out of a conviction, believed firmly if stated discreetly, that the world's largest democracy would serve as an ideal counterweight to a rising China.
Trump has shifted that playbook, hailing the reception he received last week on a state visit to China, despite limited tangible outcomes, and previously slapping punitive tariffs on India.
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