India, April 23 -- Former US ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, a potential 2028 Democratic presidential candidate, has criticised the Donald Trump administration for its treatment of India, saying Washington has "literally spit on their face".

Rahm Emanuel, who has held various positions under the Barack Obama and Joe Biden administrations, said that bringing India closer to the US has been a 30-year project under both Democratic and Republican administrations.

"America has literally spit in India's face under the Trump administration. Bringing India closer to the US has been a 30 year project for every US president. I would not do what Trump has done," Rahm Emanuel said at an event at the Harvard Kennedy School.

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