Peter Navarro, Chief Advisor for Trade and Production under US President Donald Trump, appeared on Saturday (local time) after the fact was checked for disinformation about the purchase of Russian oil in India.
Navarro responded to the community remark added to his contribution to the X and refused to repair as “crap” and accused platform owner Elon Musk of the “propaganda” permission.
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He doubled his claim that India was buying Russian oil exclusively from conflict.
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His answer came to an earlier place where he accused India of profit from Russian oil in his last but notes, along with the Indian tariffs standing “Americans”.
In the paper on Friday (USA local time) Navarro made notes in response to The Washington Post, which described the contradictory efforts in Trump administration to repair a relationship with India.
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The Washington Post report claimed that the inflammatory language used by Washington towards the new Delhi deepens the crisis in the relationship. Navarro criticized the report and said, “Facts: India The highest tariffs costs American jobs. India is buying Russian oil purely to profit/feed on the Russian war machine. Ukrainians/Russians die. American taxpayers are more broadcast.
The recent Navarro on X has come shortly after the Ministry of Outside, during his press briefing on Friday he rejected comments, and spokesman Mea Randhir Jaiswal called them “inaccurate and misleading statements”.
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In recent months, India and the United States have organized several rounds of negotiations aimed at completing the bilateral trade agreement. However, the interviews were unable to close themselves due to sharp differences in key industries, especially in agriculture and dairy.
Bilateral trade between the two nations last year was approximately $ 130 billion with the expectation of continuing growth. Despite this positive outlook, some geopolitical and economic factors have tense ties, including American criticism of India’s energy relationship with Russia.
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Washington has repeatedly raised concerns about the continuing import of Russian oil in India. In response, India defended its energy purchases and quoted its national interest and market decision as the basis for the public procurement strategy.
After depositing Western sanctions on Russia after attacking Ukraine in February 2022, India began to buy Russian oil at discounted prices. As a result, the share of Russian in total oil imports in India increased from only 1.7% in 2019–2020 to 35.1% in 2024–25, making Moscow’s new Delhi’s oil supplier from Moscow.
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