Donald Trump can skip the visit to Quad Summit to India amid tension over tariff: Report

It seems that the relations in India – one of their most tense phases are entering the recent memory, with a New York Times report suggesting that President Donald Trump may no longer travel to India for the upcoming Quad summit later this year. The Quad summit in 2025 is expected to be offered by India in New Delhi. The Quad Summit serves as a strategic platform that focuses on the Indo-Pacific security safety and collaboration between the United States, India, Japan and Australia. After being characterized by Bonhomie and theater exhibitions of mutual admiration, the relationship between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump probably deteriorated at a surprising speed, weighed by clashing claims on India-Pakistan, trade friction and sharp differences of opinion on geopolitics. Why is Trump reconsidering his visit to India? According to officials in the knowledge cited by the New York Times, Donald Trump, who had a visit to Premier Modi earlier during the four summit, drafted the plans quietly. This reversal reflects both the growing disagreement between the two leaders and the increasing frustrations of Washington DC with the independent attitude of New -Delhi on trade and energy ties with Russia. Over the past few weeks, the White House has imposed consecutive rates on Indian imports, which amounts to a 50 percent levy penalty – striking for New -Delhi’s decision to buy Russian oil. Critics believe that the sanctions are less about the punishment of Moscow and more about the punishment of India for refusing to neatly align with Trump’s narrative about conflict in India-Pakistan. What caused the diplomatic split between India and the US? The turning point comes during a phone call in June 2025, Nyt reports. In June 2025, Donald Trump allegedly demanded personal credit for the termination of hostilities between India and Pakistan during a call with the Premier Modi. The US president boasted that Pakistan was planning to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, which indicates that India should follow. PM Modi reportedly rejected the claim and reminded Donald Trump that the ceasefire was negotiated bilaterally without any external mediation, the NYT report said. This exchange between the leaders of India and the US, apparently low, has become a sign of a greater erosion of confidence. For the Prime Minister Modi, Trump’s repeated allegations of “Peace” between Delhi and Islamabad, India’s long -standing policy of regarding Pakistan as a strict bilateral issue. For Donald Trump, the refusal of the Prime Minister Modi to play with his Nobel Prize ambitions appeared as a slight, Nyt’s report said he informed people. Are trade voltages the fallout of India-US-US-UP? Trade negotiations, once inaugurated as a cornerstone of the India-US partnership, came to a standstill. Donald Trump’s decision to clap a further 25 percent tariff on Indian goods, above the existing duties, was seen in New -Delhi as a direct economic bullying. An Indian official, quoted in the New York Times report, characterized the approach as Gundayardi – a joint term for spoil. The penalties come because India simultaneously deepen economic involvement with other partners, especially China and Russia. PM Modi ended up in China on Saturday, August 30, for the SCO Summit. The Indian Prime Minister is expected to hold important meetings with the Xi Jinping of China and Russia’s Vladimir Putin – an itinerary that would once have been diplomatically unthinkable at the peak of the Trump – Modi camaraderie. How does public perception form the India American ties? In India, Trump’s status has dropped. His Effigy was during a festival in Maharashtra Paradise, and branded a ‘backstabber’ by Furious Crowds. The deportation of Indian citizens in shackles, restrictions on H-1B visas and stricter controls on student visas has further created public sentiment. Meanwhile, anti-immigrant rhetoric within Donald Trump’s political base has found a convenient target, despite the country’s early efforts to align with American right-wing priorities, the NYT report flags. The sentence in New -Delhi is that India is uniquely singled out, while larger buyers of Russian oil, such as China, remain untouched by equivalent rates. What does this mean for India – US relationships? The seemingly weakened relationship between Narendra Modi and Donald Trump represents more than a personal fallout between two populist leaders. It runs the risk of changing the trajectory of a strategic partnership that has long been considered essential to balance the rise of China in the Indo-Pacific. If Trump is canceling his visit to India, it would not only symbolize a diplomatic minor but a deeper alienation that could reconfigure the external alignments of New -Delhi. The question of whether India will continue to prioritize the ties with Washington DC or accelerate its approach with Beijing and Moscow. With both countries now participating with a sharp rhetoric, the coming months can determine whether the world’s largest and oldest democracies can save their partnership – or whether the Trump – Modi is the beginning of a more profound geopolitical re -alignment.