Overview
- White House spokesman Kush Desai said President Trump congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on a recent election victory and called it historic and decisive.
- Desai noted that in a phone call last month, Trump told Modi he admired him and said India was lucky to have him as its leader.
- Indian coverage ties the message to the BJP’s assembly gains in West Bengal, where the party ended Mamata Banerjee’s 15-year rule.
- The Indian Express reported the BJP won 207 of 294 seats in West Bengal, clearing a two-thirds mark that reshapes control of the state government.
- Such public congratulations are standard diplomacy, and this one also highlights a warm leader-to-leader tone that could shape how Washington and New Delhi engage.