Overview
- At a House foreign policy hearing, Rep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove displayed a poster of Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin riding together and warned Washington is pushing India toward Moscow.
- She called Trump's approach "cutting our nose to spite our face" and said pressure tactics are doing "real and lasting damage" to strategic trust.
- Kamlager-Dove cautioned that "being a coercive partner has a cost" and said the moment should serve as a wake-up call in Washington.
- The exchange followed Putin's visit to New Delhi, where he and Modi rode from Palam Airport to a private dinner, a gesture Putin later described as his idea and "a symbol of our friendship."
- The hearing also featured Rep. Ami Bera, who said India’s long-term interests lie with the West and pressed for visa policies that support scientific and tech talent flows.