The 3-day West Asian tour of Prime Minister Modi, which takes him to Palestine, Oman and the UAE, has got off to a rocky start. President Donald Trump spoiled the party. Just hours before Modi emplaned for Ramallah, Trump was on the line. In a rambling tour d’horizon on world politics, Trump came to the point – democracy deficit in the Maldives. Trump apparently feels distressed that the 400,000 Maldivians on the planet are starved of democracy and the rule of law