Washington, Aug. 12 -- International security scholar Max Abrahms has said that President Donald Trump's second administration appears to be "tilting towards Pakistan and away from India," citing recent diplomatic, military, and trade signals that he says undermine years of strategic investment in the US-India relationship.

In an interview with ANI, Abrahms said he was not surprised by remarks from Pakistan's Army Chief Asim Munir, who made a nuclear threat from American soil. "I'm not surprised that Pakistani officials are engaging in sabre rattling and playing the nuclear threat card, we've heard that before," he said.

"What we had not heard before is this sort of nuclear threat from American soil. And if this was the only incident, I...