For understandable historical reasons, India has been reluctant to embrace the US too closely even in the face of a serious threat from China. Nevertheless, both countries need each other, and Biden treated the Indians with respect and forbearance. As a result, India was slowly becoming a key player in Biden’s system of flexible containment.
Trump, on the other hand, has just hit the Indians with massive tariffs. Does that make sense, from a geopolitical perspective?
Of course not, unless your primary geopolitical objective is to show the world you’re the boss.