‘Utterly ridiculous take’: US official rejects report claiming Quad is on ‘life support’ under Trump

The United States has rejected a media report claiming that the Quad alliance involving India, the US, Australia and Japan is faltering under Trump administration, with a senior State Department official calling the assessment "utterly ridiculous".US assistant secretary of state for global public affairs Dylan Johnson pushed back against the November 14 report by Politico, which suggested that the strategic grouping had been left "on life support" because of the Trump administration's policy approach and what it described as a lack of engagement.In a post on X, Johnson cited regular diplomatic engagements among the four countries to counter the report."This is an utterly ridiculous take.

@SecRubio has formally met with the Quad foreign ministers five times in the past two years — with three meetings in the past six months.

The Secretary’s first official call in office was to the Quad.