Modi Beats Trump at His Own Game

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After 90 days of missed calls and tariffs, Trump finally rang Modi on his 75th birthday.

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00:00India's friend, the president of the United States of America, Mr. Dolan Trump.

00:07More than an hour before midnight, Donald Trump finally got through to wish Narendra Modi on his 75th birthday.

00:13That's up to 90 days of missed calls and snubs, according to foreign media.

00:17We'll tell you why this is significant using famous memes featuring Prime Minister Modi himself.

00:23He started out by his father's side as a chiwala.

00:29First, the twist. Prime Minister Modi posted about the call first.

00:33At 10.53pm, the Prime Minister tweeted his thanks.

00:36Trump's truth social update, half an hour later.

00:39That single move flipped the script.

00:41Not only Trump thrives in political theatre, hawks the headlines and shapes the narrative.

00:45But this time, Prime Minister Modi was first to frame what mattered.

00:49This is Pubji Vala.

00:52And he slipped in a line about supporting Trump's initiatives towards a peaceful resolution of the Ukraine conflict as well.

00:59That is loaded.

01:02Remember, Trump had recently met Putin in Alaska and Zelensky in Washington.

01:06Meanwhile, his team has been berating India for buying Russian oil, saying it fuels Moscow's war machine.

01:11So, why does this matter?

01:16Because this was not just birthday pleasantries.

01:19This was damage control after months of bitterness.

01:22Hypocrisy.

01:25Modi had rejected Trump's invite to Washington, refused to endorse his Nobel Prize push, and even turned down four of his phone calls.

01:31In return, Trump slapped off 50% tariff on India.

01:34Trump's history of exaggeration made New Delhi wary.

01:41He once declared a ceasefire between India and Pakistan without India knowing.

01:45He once claimed he prevented a nuclear war by trade pressure.

01:49This is the kind of Trump math Modi has learned to manage.

01:52So, by tweeting first, Modi made sure India's version hit the internet before Trump's chest-thumping could take over.

02:00And now, just as India and the US restart stalled trade talks, the birthday call become the strategic olive branch.

02:06Will Trump roll back those tariffs as a gift to his dear friend Narendra?

02:10Only time will tell.

02:11What do you think?

02:11Tell us in the comments.

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02:17I'm Manish Aldhikari.

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