'Trump Realised He Was Wrong To Expect India's Surrender': Ex-Diplomat Decodes US' Softened Tone

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : India and the US have a very positive and forward-looking Comprehensive and Global Strategic Partnership," PM Modi had tweeted.
58% : When asked by ANI, "Are you ready to reset relations with India at this point?", Trump said, "I always will.
48% : He said that Trump underestimated India's resolve against his tariffs, which the ex-diplomat explained as "without any solid basis". Fabian's remarks came after PM Modi issued his first direct response to Trump's statements in recent weeks, stating that he "deeply appreciates and fully reciprocates" the US President's sentiments on India-US relations.
47% : "Prime Minister Modi did what is appropriate to respond to a cordial tweet, but from this, we cannot conclude that we are going to see any early end to this, what I call 'Triple T' -- Trumped-up Trump Tariff.
32% : But at the same time, it is reasonably clear that President Trump has started to realise that his original expectation that India would surrender when he threatened an additional 25 per cent.
29% : Hours ago, Trump had dialled down his criticism of India, stating that he will "always be friends with PM Modi" and that India and the United States have a special relationship.
27% : Donald Trump has started realising that he was wrong to expect India to surrender to his 50% tariff pressure tactics, former Indian diplomat KP Fabian said, pointing to the US President's softened tone in which he described India-America ties as "very special relationship".
27% : Earlier on Friday, Trump walked back his earlier remark on Truth Social that India had been lost to China and told reporters at the White House that he did not believe that had happened.
23% : Speaking to news agency ANI, Fabian said that Trump came to terms with the reality that he was "wrong" in presuming that India would surrender to his tariff pressure.

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