Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was losing patience with U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump had been saying — repeatedly, publicly, exuberantly — that he had "solved” the military conflict between India and Pakistan, a dispute that dates back more than 75 years and is far deeper and more complicated than Trump was making it out to be.
During a phone call on June 17, Trump brought it up again, saying how proud he was of ending the military escalation. He mentioned that Pakistan was going to nominate him for the Nobel Peace Prize, an honor for which he had been openly campaigning. The not-so-subtle implication, according to people familiar with the call, was that Modi should do the same.
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