The now-famous car selfie of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin surfaced in the US Congress, held aloft as a poster by Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove during a hearing on US foreign policy. Using the image as a prop, she warned that Washington is pushing India closer to Moscow — and that it is the United States, not New Delhi, undermining the partnership.

"Trump's policies towards India can only be described as cutting our nose to spite our face," Kamlager-Dove said, arguing that the administration's pressure tactics are doing "real and lasting damage to the strategic trust and mutual understanding between our two countries."

The Modi Putin car selfie makes debut in US Congress. @RepKamlagerDove — “Trump's policies towards India can only be described a

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