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By Trevor Hunnicutt, David Brunnstrom and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Images this week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi holding hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit hosted by Chinese President Xi Jinping seemed to confirm what many experts have already concluded - the U.

Trump described the ceremony at the summit hosted by China "very, very impressive" and "beautiful," and that Chinese Leader Xi Jinping, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin "were hoping I was watching.

Beijing says Trump's call for China to join the U.S. and Russia to reduce nuclear weapons stockpiles is "neither reasonable nor realistic."

Haass, who has also served as the director of policy planning for the Department of State, added that the US has triggered uncertainty among many partners and allies on whether they are actually there for them or not.

"I thought it was a beautiful ceremony. I thought it was very, very impressive," Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, hours after he suggested on social media that foreign leaders meeting in Beijing might be conspiring against the U.