Is India in pursuit of Donald Trump’s happiness? According to the US president, Indian trade policy is all about him.
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00:00India, which is the tariff king, they called us and they say we want to start negotiations
00:07immediately when Bob Lighthizer said, what happened?
00:13You would never do this.
00:14They said, no, we want to keep your president happy.
00:31My relationship with India is great, with Prime Minister Modi is great.
00:37And they're going to start doing a lot.
00:38They've already, they've called us to make a deal.
00:40We didn't even call them.
00:41They called us to make a deal, which is like shocking to people.
00:44They have to keep us happy because they understand that we're wise to what's been happening.
00:49So India is a very, very high, they really charge tremendously high tariffs.
00:54I've spoken to Prime Minister Modi and he's going to reduce them very substantially.
00:58Nobody ever spoke to these people.
01:01He said nobody ever spoke to me.
01:02In other words, we've had leaders here.
01:05I'm not, you know, trying to be overly dramatic.
01:09We've had presidents of the United States and trade representatives that they never
01:13spoke to India.