‘US-India Relations At Its Lowest In Three Decades’: Ro Khanna Slams Trump's Unilateral Policies
‘US-India Relations At Its Lowest In Three Decades’: Ro Khanna Slams Trump's Unilateral Policies Published By, Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 10:29 IST The Democratic
‘US-India Relations At Its Lowest In Three Decades’: Ro Khanna Slams Trump's Unilateral Policies Published By, Last Updated: June 30, 2026, 10:29 IST The Democratic lawmaker also attacked the administration's decision to pursue military action without consulting key allies, including India. Rapid Read Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna on Monday (local time) hit out at US President Donald Trump over his foreign and trade policies, claiming that the India-US relationship has deteriorated to its lowest point in three decades under his administration. While speaking at the IX USISPF Leadership Summit 2026 in Washington, the Indian-origin lawmaker said that he would not “mince words" about the current state of bilateral ties, arguing that the Trump administration’s unilateral approach to global affairs had damaged America’s standing with its allies. He criticised Trump’s policies towards Iran, saying they had driven up fuel prices in India and hurt the country’s economy and damaging US credibility. “The US-India relationship has been at the lowest point in the last 30 years. Trump’s policies of getting into a war in Iran has been utterly destructive. It has been utterly destructive to the prices in India of gas.
Talk to Jaishankar if you don’t believe me. The idea that we engaged in a unilateral war without our allies, without even consulting Europe or Canada or India, and made a mess of the world, has hurt our credibility," he said as quoted by news agency ANI. #WATCH | Washington DC, USA: At the IX USISPF Leadership Summit 2026, Congressman Ro Khanna says, "The US-India relationship has been at the lowest point in the last 30 years. Trump's policies of getting into a war in Iran has been utterly destructive. It has been utterly… pic.twitter.com/867p47S08G— ANI (@ANI) June 30, 2026 The Democratic lawmaker also attacked the administration’s decision to pursue military action without consulting key allies, including India, Europe and Canada, saying it had undermined US credibility globally. Khanna further criticised the ongoing tariff disputes, describing them as irrational, and claimed that India’s envoy had told him during a meeting in China that “a generation of trust has been lost" because of Trump’s actions. “And then the irrationality of the tariff war. I was in China and the Indian ambassador said to me, ‘A generation of trust has been lost by this president of yours.’ See, if we don’t speak the truth about the damage that this president has done, not only at home but abroad, then we’re just not living in reality," he said.
