Washington: US President Donald Trump in his social media post said that it looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China. He sarcastically wishes all three countries a prosperous future.

Trump posted on his Truth Social, looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest China. May they have a long and prosperous future together! The comments mark Trump’s sharpest public acknowledgement to date of the deepening ties between New Delhi, Moscow and Beijing. The three leaders publicly discussed cooperation in areas ranging from energy to security, with all of them at different levels at odds with Washington on issues including the war in Ukraine and global trade policy.

The SCO summit in Tianjin marked PM Modi’s first visit to China in seven years, a significant development given long-standing tensions, including the deadly 2020 border clash in the Galwan Valley. By meeting both Xi and Putin, PM Modi signaled a willingness to place strategic autonomy above alignment with any single bloc.