MILITARY/PAKISTAN/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump will look to boost military cooperation between the United States and India when he meets with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House on Monday [6-26-17], thrusting himself into the delicate world of India-Pakistan relations.
The meeting between the off-the-cuff President and the prime minister who leads one of the world’s fastest growing economies will be filled with contentious issues, but none may be more challenging than how the United States treats India like a ‘major defense partner’ — a designation the Obama administration gave the country in 2016 — without angering neighboring Pakistan.
Senior administration officials who prepared Trump for Monday’s meeting said Trump is aware of the delicate balance, but will look to treat India like the defense ally it is, including by selling the kind of ‘technology that the United States provides to its closest allies and partner.’
Experts expect those sales to be of drones.”
-Dan Merica, “Trump’s Modi meeting marks venture into India-Pakistan relations,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 26, 2017 10:56am