{"id":2402396,"date":"2025-02-13T15:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-greets-modi-in-dc-ahead-of-trump-meeting-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-02-13T15:08:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T20:08:14","slug":"musk-greets-modi-in-dc-ahead-of-trump-meeting-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-greets-modi-in-dc-ahead-of-trump-meeting-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Musk greets Modi in DC ahead of Trump meeting &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmusk-greets-modi-in-dc-ahead-of-trump-meeting-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2402396&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Elon \u200cMusk welcomed Indian Prime\u200c Minister Narendra Modi at the Blair House\u200d in Washington, D.C., ahead of Modi&#8217;s meeting with President \u200cDonald Trump.\u200b Modi&#8217;s\u2064 visit focuses on strengthening U.S.-India relations and discusses various topics, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-dem-defends-biological-males-in-womens-sports\/\" title=\"Wisconsin Democrat supports inclusion of biological males in women&#039;s sports.\">including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-national-intelligence-director-im-concerned-about-bidens-china-policies-not-backed-by-intel\/\" title=\"Former National Intelligence Director: \u2018I\u2019m Concerned\u2019 About Biden\u2019s China Policies, Not Backed By Intel\">emerging technologies<\/a><\/a>, entrepreneurship, space, mobility, and governance. Despite Musk lacking formal diplomatic status, his\u2062 history of interactions with <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">world leaders continues<\/a>, including other notable meetings during\u200b Trump&#8217;s presidency. Modi&#8217;s\u200d visit aims to reinforce his relationship with the West, especially following recent\u200b tensions related to India&#8217;s stance on the Russian invasion of Ukraine. meanwhile,Trump announced new \u200breciprocal tariffs\u200c affecting \u2062U.S. trade relationships during the\u2062 same\u200b week.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Musk greets Modi in DC ahead of Trump meeting<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1992263\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Elon Musk<\/a> greeted Indian Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Narendra-Modi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Narendra Modi<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s guest house before President <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump\">Donald Trump<\/a> greeted him ahead of the two leaders&rsquo; White House meeting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Musk met Modi at the Blair House, a guest house across the street from the White House, before Trump met him. Modi is in the United States for two days to meet with Trump to discuss U.S.-India relations.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Their discussion also touched on opportunities to deepen cooperation in emerging technologies, entrepreneurship, and good governance,&rdquo; India&rsquo;s foreign ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Modi said their meeting also touched on space, mobility, technology, and innovation in India. Musk&rsquo;s company, Starlink, has long wanted to launch in India, but Musk has clashed with Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani&rsquo;s company in recent months regarding how India should grant spectrum for satellite services.<\/p>\n<p>The move to meet Modi at Blair House is somewhat unprecedented as Musk has no diplomatic status. However, he has frequently been by Trump&rsquo;s side during major presidential moments and has met with other world leaders with and without Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In December, Musk joined Trump&rsquo;s first call after the election with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He also accompanied Trump on his first overseas trip after the election to Paris, where he met French President Emmanuel Macron. He additionally met Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni in New York, whom he referred to as a &ldquo;precious genius&rdquo; and &ldquo;even more beautiful on the inside than she is on the outside.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Musk holds over $15 billion in federal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3318105\/house-democrat-pressures-nasa-to-restrict-doge-access-over-spacex-conflict\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">contracts<\/a>, most of which are between NASA and his company SpaceX.&nbsp;The White House did not respond to the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> request for comment regarding Musk and Modi&rsquo;s meeting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Modi&rsquo;s visit to Washington comes as India&rsquo;s relationships with other Western nations remain rocky after Modi refused to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Modi, however, has boasted about the relationship he had with Trump in Trump&rsquo;s first term and is looking to improve his country&rsquo;s relations with the West.<\/p>\n<p>Modi&rsquo;s visit also comes as Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3319189\/trump-reciprocal-tariffs-determined-country-basis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">announced increases in tariffs<\/a> with U.S. trading partners on Thursday&nbsp;to match the tax rates that other countries charge on imports, saying on social media, &ldquo;TODAY IS THE BIG ONE: RECIPROCAL TARIFFS!!!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1992263\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1992263\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Musk meets Modi in DC before Trump meeting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2402397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-todd-young-pivot.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[17418,28205,4250],"class_list":["post-2402396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-dc","tag-modi","tag-musk"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/elon-musk-todd-young-pivot.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2402396"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402396\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2402400,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402396\/revisions\/2402400"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2402397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2402396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2402396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2402396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}