I am sure you will recall occasions in your life when you would have liked a person to go away and leave you alone, but he or she will not oblige. Such persons who cling to you are called limpets. I have a hunch that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would like President Donald Trump to just vanish but Mr Trump will not oblige him.

It seems that Mr Trump believes the United States is a stakeholder in the India-Pakistan conflict that started with the terrorist attack in Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. Every time he speaks or writes, he makes it clear that he is a stakeholder. Mr Modi’s answer, so far, has been silence. I suspect that Mr Modi is flummoxed and he regrets the day when he made the call Abki Baar, Trump Sarkar (Houston, September 2019). Mr Trump won in 2024 and is ensconced in the White House for 3.5 years.

On April 22, Mr Trump, like other leaders, expressed shock and condemnation. On April 25, he said that the two countries will........

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