CNN Central News & Network–ITDC India Epress/ITDC News Bhopal: Even as former president Donald Trump slammed India as an “abuser” on the issue of import tariffs, he described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “fantastic man”, and said that the Indian PM will meet him next week during his upcoming three-day visit to the US.
Modi will be visiting the US from September 21 to 23.
Speaking on Tuesday at his first public appearance following the recent apparent assassination attempt, Trump reiterated that India imposes heavy tariffs on imports but said, “He (Modi) happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he’s fantastic. I mean, fantastic man. A lot of these leaders are fantastic.”
The former president revealed the information as he spoke about trade and tariffs while responding to a question at a town hall meeting in Flint, Michigan.
“These people are the sharpest people. They’re not a little bit backwards…You know the expression, they’re at the top of their game, and they use it against us. But India is very tough. Brazil is very tough. China is the toughest of all, but we were taking care of China with the tariffs.
“So, we’re going to do a reciprocal trade. If anybody charges us 10 cents, if they charge us USD 2, if they charge us a hundred per cent, 250, we charge them the same thing. And what’s going to happen? Everything’s going to disappear, and we’re going to end up having free trade again. And if it doesn’t disappear, we’re going to take in a lot of money,” he said.
