Trump Hints at India Visit Next Year
- US President Donald Trump has hinted that he will visit India. He would visit next year. On Tuesday, while addressing a press conference at the White House, the US President praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and highlighted progress on trade discussions between both countries.
- Trump also said that the trade talks with India are going well. Trump said Prime Minister Modi has reduced India's oil imports from Russia by a big margin and called him a "great friend." "We are having talks. He wants me to come there. We are looking into it. I will go. Prime Minister Modi is a great man."
- “Maybe. Yes,” Trump told a reporter when asked if he would visit India next year. An official confirmation of the visit is yet to come from the White House.
New Deal to Cut Drug Prices
- At the same press briefing, Trump announced a new deal with several pharmaceutical companies to cut the prices of popular weight loss and obesity medications. The agreement is part of the administration's effort to make essential medicines more affordable.
- As Trump was elaborating on the minute details of the deal, an abrupt incident took center stage. A pharmaceutical executive who was standing beside him suddenly collapsed. The man who fainted was identified as Gordon Findlay, an executive from Novo Nordisk. The program briefly got interrupted as medical staff responded immediately.
- In a statement, White House Press Secretary Carolina Leavitt confirmed that Findlay lost consciousness but received rapid medical intervention by the White House medical unit.
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