Miranda Jeyaretnam
“India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian oil, they are then, for much of the oil purchased, selling it on the open market for big profits. They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian war machine,” Trump said via Truth Social on Monday, referring to Russia’s war with Ukraine. The President warned that he would “substantially” raise the tariff rate on Indian products entering the U.S. as a result. India’s foreign ministry said in a statement that “the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable.” The ministry stated that India was “actively encouraged” by the U.S.
to buy Russian oil, which American officials said at the time was meant to keep Russian oil in the global supply so that oil prices would not surge. He wants a tremendous relationship and has had always a tremendous relationship with India and the Prime Minister [Narendra Modi],” White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller said on Fox News over the weekend. “But we need to get real about dealing with the financing of this war.” The Trump Administration has recently shifted from the President’s earlier friendly tone towards Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Trump, who said repeatedly during his presidential campaign that he would end the war “in 24 hours,” has apparently grown fed up with Putin, issuing sharp criticisms of the Russian President as well as of former Russian President Dmitri Medvedev. Last month, Trump announced that the U.S. would continue to supply Ukraine militarily (after earlier announcing a pause), and he threatened tariffs and other measures on Russia if it does not reach a peace deal with Ukraine by Aug. 8. But Trump is also shifting his approach toward India, which has long served as a regional buffer against China and whose leader has had a close relationship with Trump.
“I don’t care what India does with Russia.They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care,” Trump posted on Truth Social on July 31.India portrays itself as being one of our closest friends in the world, but they don’t accept our products, they impose massive tariffs on us, … and of course we see again the purchasing of [Russian] oil.” Miller said on Fox News, adding that “all options are on the table” for Trump to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
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