‘Have Great Respect for PM Modi…’: Is Trump Aide Peter Navarro Softening Stance?

White House trade advisor Peter Navarro addresses reporters. Photo : AP At a time when US President Donald Trump's trade advisor Peter Navarro has been in constant criticism of India since the imposition of 50 per cent tariffs, the aide on Tuesday said that he had "great respect for Prime Minister Narendra Modi" and that he should realise that New Delhi should be siding with Washington and not Moscow. The comments come hours after the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit where bonhomie between PM Modi, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping was on full display. Addressing reporters…