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WH Travel Pool Report #13 Trump/Modi Attendees/more quotes

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Zolan Kanno-Youngs
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Wednesday, June 17, 2026 5:01 PM CEST

More from Q&A:

Do you want Israel to halt its military campaign in Lebanon?

"No, I want Israel to be able to protect itself. But I do want them to use good judgment."

Trump is asked about European leaders acting warm to him at the summit:

"I think they think I was right. They feel good. Now all of a sudden they all want to be involved. There's no reason to have them, because it's pretty much over, but they all want to be involved."

Trump was asked about his meeting with AI leaders:

"We had a great meeting with AI. We had all the top people here and it was a great meeting. And, as you know, we're building tremendous numbers of plants, but AI we're building the biggest, the biggest in the world."

Trump was asked about Anthropic negotiations:

"Going fine, I think it's going fine." Trump turned to Lutnick. Lutnick said: "Going fine.”

ATTENDEES:

On Background:

BILATERAL MEETING WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA PARTICIPANTS

UNITED STATES:

President Donald J. Trump

Amb. Sergio Gor, U.S. Ambassador to India

T.H. Marco Rubio, Secretary of State

T.H. Scott Bessent, Secretary of Treasury

T.H. Howard Lutnick, Secretary of Commerce

Amb. Jamieson Greer, United States Trade Representative

T.H. Dan Scavino, Assistant to The President and White House Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Presidential Personnel

T.H. Kevin Hassett, Assistant to The President and Director of the National Economic Council

INDIA

T.H. Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of the Republic of India

Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister of the Republic of India

Ajit Doval, National Security Advisor of the Republic of India

Vikram Misri, Foreign Secretary of the Republic of India

Vivek Kumar, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India

Manharsinh Yadav, Joint Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India

Nidhi Tewari, Private Secretary to the Prime Minister of the Republic of India

Zolan Kanno-Youngs

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