Narendra Modi-Donald Trump meet

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi met US President Donald Trump on Monday evening (early hours of Tuesday in India), he was the fifth major leader of the world to call on the newly-elected US chief executive since the changeover of power happened in January this year.
Even Trump had sent out a warm message on social media welcoming Modi when he landed in the USA. In his tweet, Trump described India as "true friend". That put at rest the varied speculations that our leader would face a torrid time with Trump who had last month badgered India while pulling the USA out of the Paris climate treaty agreement.

There was one concrete outcome of this visit. The USA vindicated the India stand on Pakistan-inspired terrorism by naming Syed Salahuddin — leader of the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen which had vowed to turn the Kashmir valley "into a graveyard for Indian forces" — as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, just hours before the Modi-Trump meet began. Rest of the development was routine. The individual press statements of Modi and Trump largely reiterated their pious intentions to carry forward the Indo-US relationship to a higher level.

One of the first foreign dignitaries to visit Trump in White House was British Prime Minister Theresa May. This meeting happened just about a week after the inauguration of the Trump presidency. As expected, the going was smooth, as Trump had not said any harsh words about the United Kingdom or its prime minister during the run-up to his presidential campaign. As a matter of fact, the Brexit decision taken by the UK citizens in a referendum had elicited an overwhelmingly positive response from candidate Trump.