Trump’s humiliation of Indian PM pushed Modi into arms of Putin and Xi

The blossoming relationship between Donald Trump and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has abruptly turned sour.

After the heady days of the “Howdy Modi” event in Houston, and the mega “Namaste Trump” show in Ahmedabad, where a stadium was packed with over 100,000 people to welcome the US president and his family, the humiliation by his “true friend” has left the Indian leader seething.

For over a decade, Mr Modi has meticulously crafted his image as a global leader rubbing shoulders with, and hugging, world leaders. He now finds himself humiliated by the planet’s most powerful man.

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