This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. New subscribers can sign up here; follow us on Bluesky, TikTok, Instagram, LinkedIn and Threads. Over the past year, relations between India and the US have reached their lowest point in decades, perhaps since the South Asian nation tested nuclear weapons in 1998. Here in New Delhi, the assumption — correct or not — is that this collapse is a product of Washington’s choices, and that President Donald Trump has chosen to single India out for harsh treatment. What’s surprising is that he hasn’t received any pushback. Many officials in Washington have taken rhetoric about trade, tariffs and work visas even further than Trump has, without being contradicted by those more sympathetic to India, such as Secretary of State Marco Rubio. But from New Delhi’s perspective, the absence of one set of voices is a particular shock: Indian-Americans. The large, wealthy and influential diaspora has been completely silent as the relationship between their country of origin and their adoptive home has collapsed.
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