[🇮🇳] '25 yrs of progress undone': Analysts say today was the worst day in India-US relations in decades

[Krishna with Flute]

Trump-Modi bond is gone now': Ex-US NSA says Trump's chaos reversed decades with India

'Trump-Modi bond is gone now': Ex-US NSA says Trump's chaos reversed decades with India
Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Donald Trump’s once-warm ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi have “gone now,” warning that personal rapport with the former president “won’t protect” world leaders from damaging fallout.

In a sharp critique of Trump’s foreign policy legacy, Bolton said the former president’s actions have “set back decades” of U.S.-India relations, reversing years of strategic effort to pivot New Delhi away from Moscow.

“Trump had a very good relationship personally with Modi. I think that's gone now, and it's a lesson to everybody,” Bolton told British outlet LBC in a recent interview. He added that Trump’s erratic approach to diplomacy—relying heavily on personal chemistry—has undermined broader U.S. interests.

The comments come amid deepening trade friction between the two countries. India now faces a 25% U.S. tariff on its goods and an additional 25% duty on Russian oil imports, effectively doubling the burden on Indian exports.

Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security adviser from 2018 to 2019, has frequently criticized the former president. He argued that Trump’s fixation on personal ties—such as with Vladimir Putin—blurs strategic priorities.

Responding to questions about India’s presence alongside China and Russia at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Bolton said: “About 100 percent of this goes to Donald Trump and the way he’s treated India... That progress has been reversed.”

The remarks underline growing concern in Washington and New Delhi about the long-term damage to bilateral ties, once considered a cornerstone of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.

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Trump-Modi bond is gone now': Ex-US NSA says Trump's chaos reversed decades with India

'Trump-Modi bond is gone now': Ex-US NSA says Trump's chaos reversed decades with India
Former U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton says Donald Trump’s once-warm ties with Prime Minister Narendra Modi have “gone now,” warning that personal rapport with the former president “won’t protect” world leaders from damaging fallout.

In a sharp critique of Trump’s foreign policy legacy, Bolton said the former president’s actions have “set back decades” of U.S.-India relations, reversing years of strategic effort to pivot New Delhi away from Moscow.

“Trump had a very good relationship personally with Modi. I think that's gone now, and it's a lesson to everybody,” Bolton told British outlet LBC in a recent interview. He added that Trump’s erratic approach to diplomacy—relying heavily on personal chemistry—has undermined broader U.S. interests.

The comments come amid deepening trade friction between the two countries. India now faces a 25% U.S. tariff on its goods and an additional 25% duty on Russian oil imports, effectively doubling the burden on Indian exports.

Bolton, who served as Trump’s national security adviser from 2018 to 2019, has frequently criticized the former president. He argued that Trump’s fixation on personal ties—such as with Vladimir Putin—blurs strategic priorities.

Responding to questions about India’s presence alongside China and Russia at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit, Bolton said: “About 100 percent of this goes to Donald Trump and the way he’s treated India... That progress has been reversed.”

The remarks underline growing concern in Washington and New Delhi about the long-term damage to bilateral ties, once considered a cornerstone of the U.S. Indo-Pacific strategy.

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Why does the article keep saying "former" President.

 

[Bilal9]

'Tariff foreign remote workers': Peter Navarro drags India into new flashpoint​

The U.S. currently doesn’t tax services. But if implemented, such a move could disrupt global outsourcing and draw legal pushback at the World Trade Organization.​

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Navarro’s endorsement comes amid a storm over his recent remarks justifying Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods.

Peter Navarro has stirred fresh outrage. He is now backing a push to slap tariffs on foreign remote workers while doubling down on his attacks against India’s economy and leadership.

Donald Trump's trade advisor reposted a call from right-wing commentator Jack Posobiec urging tariffs on outsourced remote work. “Countries must pay for the privilege of providing services remotely to the US the same way as goods,” Posobiec wrote. Navarro amplified the message without caveat.

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The U.S. currently doesn’t tax services. But if implemented, such a move could disrupt global outsourcing and draw legal pushback at the World Trade Organization. Countries like India — with massive remote workforces — would likely retaliate with tariffs on U.S. tech exports or restrictions on American firms hiring locally.

Navarro’s endorsement comes amid a storm over his recent remarks justifying Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs on Indian goods. “India is the maharaja of tariffs. They have the highest tariffs in the world. They export us a bunch of stuff. So, who gets hurt? Workers in America, taxpayers, Ukrainians,” he said.

He also criticized Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy, questioning his ties with Russia and China. “Modi is a great leader,” Navarro said, “but I don’t understand why he is getting into bed with Putin and Xi Jinping when India is the biggest democracy in the world.”

His most inflammatory remark came next: “You have got Brahmins profiteering at the expense of the Indian people, and we want that to stop.”

The comment sparked backlash across communities, with critics accusing Navarro of misrepresenting the caste system and dragging Indian social issues into American trade politics. In the U.S., “Brahmin” typically refers to wealthy elites — a definition that doesn’t map cleanly onto Indian realities.

 

[Sharma Ji]

Why does the article keep saying "former" President.

Former NSA Bolton sahi hai, former President typo most likely.

 

[Bilal9]

I have said this before and I say this again - picking panga with US is a BAD idea for anyone leading India.

It's a losing proposition at the end of the day...

 

[Krishna with Flute]

Have you ever met an Iranian who is muzlim?

Then Iran must also play the game, where you are made to believe the Ayatollah is 'Jihadi' no? If the west can go full hog jihadi with AL-Qaeda, Talibunny, AL-Nusra/ HTS/ LET/ Jaish Mohammad and ISIS franchises.

Not personally but I believe they are nice people.

 

[Sharma Ji]

I have said this before and I say this again - picking panga with US is a BAD idea for anyone leading India.

It's a losing proposition at the end of the day...

Kowtowing to Trump's demands is not an option, we can wait him out.

The man keeps score, pehle se he been miffed with India for Iranian and Russian oil purchases, and that we abstain from voting against Russia in the UNGA.

He can't hurt us, in his own words, and I'll paraphrase some "India don't buy anything from us, we buy billions of dolla ka maal.. trade surplus/deficit bad for US.. raah raah"

Kar lo bc sanctions jinnay karne ae, jo thoda bhot we buy, wo bhi band kar dena hai.. like those military big dolla items that been put on freeze for now, something that will further infuriate him

 

[Bilal9]

Kowtowing to Trump's demands is not an option, we can wait him out.

The man keeps score, pehle se he been miffed with India for Iranian and Russian oil purchases, and that we abstain from voting against Russia in the UNGA.

He can't hurt us, in his own words, and I'll paraphrase some "India don't buy anything from us, we buy billions of dolla ka maal.. trade surplus/deficit bad for US.. raah raah"

Kar lo bc sanctions jinnay karne ae, jo thoda bhot we buy, wo bhi band kar dena hai.. like those military big dolla items that been put on freeze for now, something that will further infuriate him

It's not a personal vendetta anymore, this will escalate further scaling up and wider with EU following Trump's sanctions with their own - on India's exports.

Previously tariff-and-sanction-unaffected Indian export items such as Pharma, Electronics and Backoffice services (including H1B Visas for Indians going to the US) will also get affected.

We are talking $45 Billion plus of exports being near-stopped.

People (even businesspeople) in India talk big about this in chest-beating fashion - but they are secretly trying their best to avert this.

There was no need for this Bahaduri attitude and this could easily have been avoided, with BRICS and SCO theatrics, which in the end, did not (and will not) help Indian strategic interests. India trying to teach the US a lesson is a comical exercise in futility. Last I checked, India is still a third world country.

If India wants to "wait it out", so can the US. And it has the wherewithal to do it for far longer.