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US President Donald Trump connected Monday issued a caller informing to India, reiterating that the US volition rise tariffs connected New Delhi “if they don't assistance connected Russian lipid issue,” erstwhile again tying his menace to the Russia-Ukraine warfare and India's alleged relation successful bolstering Moscow done continued crude purchases.“We could rise tariffs connected India if they don't person assistance connected Russian lipid issue,” said US President Trump, quoted by Reuters.US President Donald Trump added, "They wanted to marque maine happy, basically... PM Modi's a precise bully man. He's a bully guy. He knew I was not happy. It was important to marque maine happy. They bash trade, and we tin rise tariffs connected them precise quickly..."
Trump was referring to India’s continued lipid commercialized with Russia, a constituent his medication has repeatedly opposed, and which helium had cited arsenic the ground for doubling tariffs connected India to 50% successful August 2025.India is already facing the 50% tariff imposed by Trump, who has been sharply captious of New Delhi’s ties with Moscow and has alleged India of strengthening Russia successful the Ukraine warfare by purchasing Russian crude. Trump’s heavy involvement successful the Russia-Ukraine warfare is nary secret. He has imposed dense tariffs connected India implicit its purchases of Russian lipid portion simultaneously attempting to presumption himself arsenic a mediator betwixt Moscow and Kyiv.
He has held aggregate rounds of talks with Vladimir Putin, adjacent inviting him to Alaska, though nary person produced meaningful results.Trump has besides spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected respective occasions, but those conversations, too, person yet to output immoderate factual way to peace.Months earlier, Trump claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had assured him India would halt buying Russian oil, calling it a “big step” towards expanding unit connected Moscow.However, India aboriginal clarified that nary specified speech betwixt Trump and Modi had taken place, dismissing the US President's claim.
