Washington, Aug. 21 -- Former Trump national security adviser John Bolton criticised Washington's "confused" policy on India, questioning the 25% penalty on India for purchasing Russian energy while China faces no sanctions. In an interview with HT, Bolton acknowledged that the India-US relationship is for the time being in "a very bad place" and believes Trump is an "aberrational president" as he stressed on the need for efforts to limit damage to bilateral ties for the US President's remaining term.

Q. Former ambassador Bolton, just a couple of months ago, India was a close strategic ally of the United States. Now things seem to have changed entirely-a 180-degree turn. As President Trump's former National Security Advisor, can you chan...