President Trump's anti-India rhetoric and tariff war suggest a personal motivation behind his campaign against India, driven by hurt ego. According to Yusuf Unjhawala, a scholar of geopolitics at the Takshashila Institute, this is evident in his rejection of claims about negotiating a ceasefire between India and Pakistan in May. The final blow came when Prime Minister Narendra Modi declined Trump's invitation for a visit to the White House after the G-7 Summit in Canada, preventing an in-person meeting on the sidelines of the summit.