“Trump-Modi friendship is gone now,” says ex-NSA John Bolton, warning that India-US ties are at their lowest point in over two decades. Bolton blamed Trump’s aggressive tariff policies and criticism of New Delhi for undermining years of bipartisan American efforts to align India closer to Washington and away from Russia. He cautioned that this rift has allowed China to pose as an alternative partner, undoing hard-won strategic gains. Bolton’s revelations raise sharp questions about the future of India-US relations and whether Trump 2.0 could push Modi further into the Beijing-Moscow camp.