A post, which claims that Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gave a sharp retort to United States President Donald Trump after he allegedly belittled India at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit, is going viral on social media.
What else did the post say?: It mentioned that even Minister of External Affairs (MEA) S Jaishankar was present when the exchange took place.
The post added that President Trump kept asking Pichai if Google was with India or the United States.
To this, Pichai had purportedly retorted by saying he was with humanity. He later added that he will not yield "out of fear".
Is the claim true?: NO. There is no available evidence to support the claim that such an exchange ever happened between Pichai and President Trump.
Further President had attended the 2025 WEF summit virtually and was not present.
We did not any proof of Jaishankar attending the recent summit as well.
No news reports or evidence available: We conducted multiple keyword searches on Google but did not any come across credible news reports or any information in the public domain that talked about such an exchange taking place at the WEF.
About the 2025 WEF summit: Team WebQoof found that the US President did not attend the 2025 summit in Davos in person and instead delivered a speech virtually.
His speech was shared on the official YouTube channel of WEF on 24 January. It was titled, "Special Address, Donald J. Trump, President of the United States of America | Davos 2025."
We also found a transcript of the speech, where President Trump had talked about inflation and previous government spendings. He talked about how his policies will help America become a "manufacturing superpower".
However, we did not find any instance of him making any insulting remarks towards India.
Did Jaishankar attend WEF summit?: The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in a press release, had announced the participation of the Indian delegation at the 2025 WEF summit.
It said, "The delegation will be spearheaded by Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology along with Shri CR Patil, Minister of Jal Shakti, Shri K. Rammohan Naidu, Minister of Civil Aviation, Shri Chirag Paswan, Minister of Food Processing Industries, and Shri Jayant Chaudhary, Union Minister of State (I/C) of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship."
We did not find the External Minister's name in the delegation list.
What else did we find?: When we searched with the words "trump pichai jaishankar wef summit", we came across a YouTube video uploaded on a channel called 'Lit Narrator'.
It was published on 23 August and was titled, "Trump Tried To Corner India On Global Stage — Jaishankar And Pichai’s Response Stunned The World."
A similar exchange was detailed in the video, which pointed us towards the possibility of the viral claim originating from this clip.
However, it should be noted that the YouTube channel regularly shares such fictionalised accounts that are made for "entertainment only".
Conclusion: It is evident that no such exchange between US President Trump and Sundar Pichai took place at the 2025 WEF summit.
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