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U.S. President Donald Trump said that India is going to wage “massive tariffs” if it continues to buy lipid from Russia, portion reiterating that helium got assurance from Prime Minister Narendra Modi that New Delhi is going to halt its lipid purchases from Moscow.
Speaking to reporters onboard Air Force One connected Sunday (October 19, 2025), Mr. Trump said India volition “continue to wage monolithic tariffs” if they bash not cease buying lipid from Russia, adding that “they (India) don't privation to bash that.”
Mr. Trump was replying to a question astir India’s caller remarks connected lipid purchases from Russia.
India past week said it is "broad-basing and diversifying" its sourcing of energy to conscionable marketplace conditions, hours aft Mr. Trump claimed that Mr. Modi assured him that New Delhi volition halt procuring Russian crude oil.
Mr. Trump said helium does not judge India made specified remarks.
“But I don't judge they said that. No, I spoke with Prime Minister Modi of India, and helium said he's not going to beryllium doing the Russian lipid thing,” the U.S. President added.
Washington has been maintaining that India is helping Putin to concern the warfare done its acquisition of Russian crude oil.
The relations betwixt New Delhi and Washington person been reeling nether terrible accent aft Mr. Trump doubled tariffs connected Indian goods to a whopping 50 per cent, including a 25% further work for India's acquisition of Russian crude oil.
India described the US enactment arsenic "unfair, unjustified and unreasonable".
