India, Dec. 11 -- US representative Sydney Kamlager-Dove on Wednesday (local time) described President Donald Trump's policies as "cutting off the nose to spite the face".

Speaking at the House Foreign Affairs South and Central Asia Subcommittee's hearing in Washington, Kamlager-Dove described the famous car selfie of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Russian President Vladimir Putin as speaking "a thousand words". She said that Trump's policies would come at a cost.

"Trump's policies towards India can only be described as cutting our nose to spite our face... Being a coercive partner has a cost. And this poster is worth a thousand words. You do not get a Nobel Peace Prize by driving US strategic partners into the arms of our adversarie...