In his second term, US President Donald Trump has been gratuitously disrespectful towards India. On July 30, 2025, for example, he posted on ‘Truth Social’, stating that India and Russia could take their “dead economies” down together, as he announced 25 per cent tariffs and other penalties over India’s Russian arms and energy purchases. Five days later, Trump accused India of buying “massive amounts” of Russian oil to resell for profit. He accused Indians of not caring how many Ukrainians died and threatened to raise the tariffs further. Trump’s comments came even as he pilloried Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. India’s…
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