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Ro Khanna on US-India Relationship and Foreign Policy

Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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Ro Khanna on US-India Relationship and Foreign Policy

Ro Khanna. Democratic Congressman. He hit out at Donald Trump on Monday about foreign policy stuff. Said the India-US relationship? It’s hit rock bottom. Lowest point in thirty years under his watch.

He was speaking at some summit, the IX USISPF Leadership Summit 2026 in Washington. And he wasn't holding back. He wouldn't mince words about where things stand between the two nations. He argued that Trump’s whole approach to global affairs just wrecked America’s standing with its allies.

The criticism focused on Iran, naturally. Khanna pointed out how those policies drove up fuel prices in India. Hurt the economy there. Damaged US credibility too.

“The US-India relationship has been at the lowest point in the last 30 years,” he said. “Trump’s policies about getting into a war in Iran? Utterly destructive. It wrecked gas prices for India. And it damaged our credibility.” He threw that at Jaishankar, basically telling him to look at the facts. The idea of going to war without consulting anyone no allies, no Europe, no Canada, not even India itself that just made a mess of the world and hurt things.

Then there were the tariffs. Those disputes? Khanna called them irrational. He said something else too. When he was in China, talking to the Indian ambassador, he heard it. “A generation of trust has been lost by this president of yours.” It wasn't just about trade figures. It felt deeper.

“And then there’s the whole tariff war,” he continued. That irrationality. If you don’t tell the truth about the damage not just at home, but abroad then we aren't living in reality. You have to face it.

He looked ahead too. He warned that the next generation has a massive job. Rebuilding America is one thing. But rebuilding all those global partnerships? That’s huge. He contrasted Trump with someone else entirely. Franklin D. Roosevelt. FDR, who actually believed in cooperation and self-determination. Something different. Khanna brought up his grandfather, Amarnath Vidyalankar, working alongside Lala Lajpat Rai, as an example of that older kind of leadership.

“The new generation,” he stressed, “they’re not just gonna rebuild America. We gotta rebuild our relationships around the world.” The comparison stuck: FDR versus Trump. What was the difference? FDR believed in people deciding their own fate. He supported what my grandfather and others were doing. It changes everything.

Things shifted quickly after Khanna spoke. Right there at that summit, Al Mason, an honorary senior advisor, offered a completely different angle. Mason said the relationship had actually found some momentum. He credited the US Ambassador to India, Sergio Gor, for helping smooth things out between Trump and Modi.

Mason suggested Gor did something real. He conveyed that Trump respected India’s rise. Admired Modi’s leadership. Wanted a stronger partnership. It was a softer take on what happened. A spin. But Khanna seemed intent on sticking to the raw damage he saw. The tension remained palpable, even with Mason's input trying to ease the mood.

Written by Gree News Team — Senior Editorial Board

Gree News Team covers international news and global affairs at Gree News. Our collective of senior editors is dedicated to providing independent, accurate, and responsible journalism for a global audience.

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