Washington: Sharp political criticism dominated a major Congressional hearing, with Democrats warning that President Donald Trump’s tariff regime and confrontational approach toward New Delhi could inflict long-term damage on one of America’s most vital alliances.

During a Congressional hearing by the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on South and Central Asia on the US–India strategic partnership, Democratic Ranking Member Sydney Kamlager-Dove accused Trump of unravelling decades of bipartisan progress.

She said the Biden administration had handed Trump “a bilateral relationship at the height of its strength,” citing “a revitalised Quad, a budding defence tech partnership and a trusted supply chain partner,” only for it to be “flush, flush, flush down the toilet.”

She warned that his

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