Narendra Modi - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Narendra Modi Index / People Transcripts David Cote ...this is just because I'd say we had PM [Prime Minister] Modi , and he was able to get some of thes... ...do the same things. President Obama and PM Modi had a very good relationship. Th... ...And I think that had a bigger impact on PM Modi and the Indian Congress that we need t... John Podesta ...Merkel, which he did, but with Xi and [Narendra] Modi , and particularly Modi, once Mod... ...and [Narendra] Modi, and particularly Modi , once Modi became prime minister. An... ...Modi, and particularly Modi, once Modi became prime minister. And that led t... ...[Indian National] Congress party, to Prime Minister Modi , who's the current prime minister, th... ...is a populist nationalist party, and Modi is a populist nationalist leader; not ... ...He needed to have a relationship with Modi , notwithstanding the sectarianism an... ...determined, I think, to be honest with Modi about particularly what he though... Show more... Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw ...look at TPP. For some reason, when the [Narendra] Modi government came in, they decided tha... ...with the economic advisors within the Modi government. Prime Minister Modi took ... ...advisors within the Modi government. Prime Minister Modi took a strong stand that, at this poin... ...get-to-know-you kind of a visit because Modi had just won the term, and he was a ne... ...thinking was very different. When the Modi government came in, I think they wer... ...get-to-know-you kind of visit, because Modi was a very different personality. Obam... ...to, kind of, build up a rapport with Modi . Modi was saying all the things ver... ...kind of, build up a rapport with Modi. Modi was saying all the things very contrar... ...to judge them at such an early stage of Modi 's government. If Obama had actuall... ...government. If Obama had actually met Modi maybe at the end of his term, the... ...sectors, but that was too early in Modi 's tenure. I think that was the rea... ...a new agenda, if you know what I mean. Modi had just started, and Obama was goin... ...more of a mention, I think, during the Modi Era. Where we felt that, you know, bot... Show more... Ernest Moniz ...Mission Innovation, and that's India. Prime Minister [Narendra] Modi was in California. He was visiting... ...were told was, “Look. The only way that Modi is really going to understand what thi... ...and we were walking out of the room, Modi said, “Why don't you call this Missio... ...what we called it before. [Laughs] But Modi , in India, called many things, missio... Related Topics go to the Supreme Court Supreme Court go to the Atlantic Relations Atlantic Relations go to the Women and Girls Women and Girls go to the Veterans Veterans go to the Democrats Democrats