Abstract
The article examines the long-term implications of present US Administration under President Trump (Trump 2.0) for Indo-US relations across trade, immigration, security, diplomacy and regional dynamics. The administration’s unpredictability, coercive and highly transactional style—especially through tariffs, H-1B restrictions and ambiguous crisis diplomacy—has weakened older assumptions of trust and pushed India toward greater strategic autonomy and multi-alignment. While cooperation in defence, high technology and the Indo-Pacific remains intact, the relationship is likely to become more conditional, issue-specific and harder bargained. It has further focused India towards diversification of trade partnerships, strengthening self-reliance and may lead to greater focus on seeking written commitments rather than informal assurances. Though, Trump 2.0 may not break the partnership, but it is likely to leave Indo-US ties less predictable, more transactional and structurally more cautious in the years ahead.
Keywords: Indo-US Relations, Trump 2.0, Long Term Impact
