Narendra Modi US visit : PM meets Elon Musk ahead of discussions with Trump

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet Donald Trump for the first time since the US President assumed office on January 20 for his second term.

PM Modi began his day by meeting US National Security Advisor Michael Waltz, and is also expected to hold talks with the world’s richest man Elon Musk and Republican leader Vivek Ramaswamy.

PM Modi’s visit to the US comes after a two-day trip to France, during which he held bilateral talks with French President Emmanuel Macron and discussed a wide range of issues, including collaboration on AI and civil nuclear energy.

Ahead of his visit, the prime minister remarked that he was looking forward to meeting his “friend” Donald Trump and recalled working together in Trump’s first term to build a global partnership.

PM added that the trip was an “opportunity to build upon the successes of our collaboration in his first term and develop an agenda to further elevate and deepen our partnership.”

PM Modi US visit | Key points

– Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to land in Washington DC in the early hours of Thursday (late Wednesday EST), kicking off his two-day US visit, during which he is likely to hold a bilateral meeting with President Donald Trump seeking to shore up bilateral cooperation.

– PM Modi’s Washington visit comes nearly three weeks after the January 20 inauguration of Donald Trump and amid tariff threats issued by the US leader in the recent past.

– The White House announced that President Donald Trump would reveal his reciprocal tariff plans before PM Modi’s visit to Washington DC. The tariffs could mean duties levied on Indian imports to the US, which Trump had earlier stated would be equal to the taxes charged by other nations on their products.

– PM Modi is expected to meet members of the Indian community during his visit as well and discuss the strengthening of “people-to-people relations” between the two countries.

– PM Modi is also expected to discuss the crackdown on illegal immigrants in the country.