New Delhi, Sept. 6 -- Former diplomat KP Fabian on Saturday weighed in on US President Donald Trump's remarks on India, tariffs, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's diplomatic response, calling Trump's comments contradictory and urging caution against taking them at face value.

On PM Modi's response to Trump speaking positively on India-US relations, Fabian said, "PM Modi has done the correct thing diplomatically, responding to a tweet in the best diplomatic fashion. But I do not think these two tweets make much of a difference at this stage."

He added, "President Trump's style of arguing reminds me of Aristotle, who said that if you contradict yourself, then I don't have to contradict you. So President Trump has contradicted himself. Fi...