Donald Trump: PM Narendra Modi an 'awesome man', but US is 'getting nothing'

US, Feb 27 President Donald Trump isn't a happy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. For the second time in two weeks, Trump complained about India's tariffs on the import of bikes. This time, in any case, Trump mirrored Modi's 'namaste' while delivering his complaint.

Trump had on February 14, complained during a meeting with US lawmakers that India's tariff on the import of American motorcycles - particularly Harley-Davidsons - was too high. He came back to the complaint on Monday.

"When I addressed PM (Modi) he said we are lowering it to 50% but so far we are getting nothing. He gets 50%, he thinks, he is helping us out, however that isn't some help," whined Trump at a gathering of the governors of US states at the White House.

"I didn't know - he said it so beautifully. He's a lovely man. And he said, 'I simply need to educate you that we have decreased it to 75, however we have additionally lessened it to 50'. What's more, I stated, huh. What do I say? Am I expected to be excited?" said Trump, impersonating Modi by holding his palms in a 'namste' and speaking in a low and serious voice.

Gratefully, the insults stopped there and he didn't do his 'Indian accent' this time.

Trump had earlier threatened to descend to an 'eye-for-an-eye' solution to the impasse over the import tariff on American motorcycles in India. He had threatened to impose a reciprocal tariff on the import on India-made bikes in the US.

Trump is no stranger to making threats to different nations with regards to exchange, and griping that each nation on earth exploits the US. He had done as such all through his battle, against China for instance. But he is not known for following up on his threats, and has done little to convey his threats to fruition so far.

Trump's complaining and threatening against India on the issue of bike import tariffs is a piece of his blow-hot-blow-cold association with the Asian giant. He is as prone to hyperbolic praise of New Delhi as he is to grumbling about it, as observed by his pointing the finger at India and China for the US hauling out of its commitments to the Paris climate accord.