Has Trump lost India? Punitive tariffs and Nobel Peace Prize insults erode once-close relations

Published September 5, 2025 5:20am ET



Many words were spoken at this month’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Tianjin, China, but one picture packed the proverbial power of 1,000 words, a photograph the Associated Press dubbed the “huddle.”

The photo showed Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and erstwhile U.S. ally Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, smiling, laughing, hands clasped, and engaged in a warm embrace.

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