Geopolitics and Security Alliances

Trump Cancels Quad Summit Visit to India Amid Tensions

Trump has reportedly dropped plans to visit India for the Quad Summit in New Delhi this fall, after earlier telling Prime Minister Narendra Modi he would attend, according to a New York Times account that details a deterioration in ties marked by trade tensions and a contentious June 17 phone call following the G7 in Canada. The report says Trump’s repeated claims of having “solved” the four-day India‑Pakistan flare-up in May—denied by New Delhi, which says the ceasefire was arranged directly via military channels—angered Modi, with the June 17, 35‑minute call including fresh references to a prospective Nobel Peace Prize and an implied push for endorsement. There has been no official confirmation from Washington or New Delhi on the reported cancellation; India is slated to host the Quad—bringing together leaders from India, the US, Japan, and Australia—in November, after the Trump administration hosted a Quad foreign ministers’ meeting in January. The episode unfolds alongside newly announced US tariffs on India and geopolitical recalculations observers say could strain Quad dynamics.

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