Nepal, Aug. 14 -- US President Donald Trump's imposition of a tariff as a punitive measure on India for buying Russian oil has created a massive distrust between India and the US. The downward spiral started after Trump said that he brokered a ceasefire between India and Pakistan, a claim which has been countered by Indian officials several times. This was followed by Trump hosting a lunch for the Pakistani Field Marshal Asim Munir in the White House. The Trump family's crypto business and Pakistan's offer of critical minerals demonstrated that India must navigate Trump's transactional relations. The bilateral trust so assiduously built by both India and the US after the 1998 nuclear test by India, the major milestone being the Indo-US nu...