The strategic partnership between the United States and India is being significantly undermined by the Trump administration's "confrontational" trade policies, a Democratic lawmaker said in the US Congress. At a hearing of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the US-India Strategic Partnership, the viral image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sharing a car with Russian President Vladimir Putin was used as stark evidence of the deteriorating partnership.

The Democratic Ranking Member Sydney Kamlager-Dove waved the picture, claiming it was not India, but the US who weakened the partnership and pushed New Delhi toward Moscow.

Tariffs and Coercion Accused of Undermining Trust

Kamager-Dove blamed Trump for undoing decades of bipartisan work on a number of issues, especially attacking his

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