India, Sept. 5 -- Former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton has claimed that the close personal bond once shared between Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and U.S. President Donald Trump has now evaporated.

He remarked on the ongoing deterioration in relations between the two nations following the Trump administration's decision to impose additional tariffs on India.

"Trump had a very good personal relationship with Modi. I think that's gone now, and it's a lesson to everybody," Bolton said in an interview with British outlet LBC, as quoted by India Today.

He served as Trump's national security advisor from April 2018 to September 2019.

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