12/09/2026
🇮🇳 PM Modi & 🇨🇳 Xi Jinping Share a Long Handshake as BRICS New Delhi Concludes — Is This Trouble for Trump & the West? 🔥
The handshake that made Washington nervous. 🌍
As the 18th BRICS Summit concluded at Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi , Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping shared a long, warm handshake — a moment that cameras from across the world captured and that will be analysed in every Western capital tonight.
This was not just a courtesy greeting. This was a statement.
The two leaders held detailed bilateral talks earlier in the day — their third consecutive face-to-face meeting following Kazan and Tianjin — covering trade, the India-China border situation, market access, visas, and investment. Both sides agreed to work towards reducing the trade deficit and strengthening people-to-people ties.
Now put this moment in full context:
🤝 Modi-Xi bilateral — India and China deepening ties after years of border tensions
🤝 Modi-Putin bilateral — India refusing to abandon Russia despite US tariff threats
🌍 BRICS expanding — now 11 members representing 40% of global GDP vs G7’s 29%
🌍 Global South declaring — “We are Rule Shapers, not Rule Takers”
All of this — happening in New Delhi. Under India’s chairship. On India’s terms.
President Trump has already imposed **50% total tariffs on India** for buying Russian oil. The US has threatened secondary sanctions on BRICS nations. And India’s response was to host the biggest gathering of the Global South the world has ever seen — and end it with this handshake.
Trouble for Trump and the West? You decide. 🌍
But one thing is certain — the world that emerges from New Delhi this weekend looks very different from the one Washington wants. 🇮🇳🔥
📍 Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi | 18th BRICS Summit 2026
🗓️ September 12, 2026
🎙️ PM Narendra Modi & President Xi Jinping | BRICS Summit Conclusion
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