Trump raises India tariffs to 50% over Russian oil purchases [Update@post#255]

[Romali_rotti]

 

[RexRex]

He really does enjoy holding hands doesn't he?

Any chance he gets he grabs the hands of a man and goes for a walk.

He definitely has his quirks. Or are you saying he is AC-DC. Probably is.

 

[BouncerGuy]

Trump says India offered to remove tariffs on US goods

US President Donald Trump says India has offered to cut its tariffs "to nothing" even as he called the current trade stalemate with the country "a totally one sided disaster".

US tariffs of 50% on goods from India - which includes 25% penalty for Delhi's refusal to stop buying oil from Russia - took effect last week.

India has not responded to Trump's latest comment but such war of words over Russian oil has caused Delhi-Washington ties to hit an all-time low.

Trump's comment coincides with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi attending the Shanghai Co-operation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin where he met Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Washington says Delhi has been indirectly funding Russia's war in Ukraine.

"India buys most of its oil and military products from Russia, very little from the US," Trump wrote, adding Delhi should have cut tariffs "years ago".

Delhi has previously said that oil supply from Russia was vital to meet the energy needs of its vast population.

It has also called the tariffs "unfair, unjustified and unreasonable".

Last week, the country's commerce minister, Piyush Goyal, said India "will neither bow down nor ever appear weak" in its economic relationships with other countries.

He also said the country was ready to a have a free-trade agreement with anyone who wanted it.

On Monday, Trump wrote: "What few people understand is that we do very little business with India, but they do a tremendous amount of business with us. In other words, they sell us massive amounts of goods, their biggest "client," but we sell them very little - Until now a totally one sided relationship, and it has been for many decades."

The US was, until recently, India's largest trading partner and the tariffs have sparked fears that exports and growth in the world's fifth largest economy could suffer.

At the SCO summit, Modi was seen shaking hands with Putin ahead of a meeting hosted by Xi.

The SCO, whose members include China, India, Iran, Pakistan and Russia, is seen as a challenge to Trump and US dominance on a global level.

Putin and Modi later spent 45 minutes inside the Russian leader's car - after which Modi posted a picture of their journey alongside the compliment to Putin.

The Indian PM said he had an "insightful" exchange with Putin.

Trump says India offered to remove tariffs on US goods

His comment came hours after Indian PM Modi met China's Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin.

www.bbc.com

 

[Rajdeep]

Trump: Stop buying oil from Russia, or I’ll slap a 25% tariff on you!

Modi: Sips chai Okay. continues shopping carting Russian oil like it’s an Amazon sale

Trump: YOU DIDN’T LISTEN?! Fine, here’s 25% tariff! Next time, it’s 50%!

Modi: Adds extra samosas to plate Pfff...

Trump: Okay, HERE’S YOUR 50% tariff! Now STOP BUYING RUSSIAN OIL!

Pak Posters: “Awww... plij, plij dethrone Modi ji! ”

Modi: Ordering oil from Russia in bulk like it’s Black Friday Pfff...

Trump: Red-faced like a tandoori chicken Calls Modi not once... not twice... but FOUR TIMES!

Modi: Silent mode ON Pffff...

Trump: HOW DARE HE IGNORE ME?!

Modi: Takes group selfie with Putin & Xi “Bhai-bhai!”
Caption: “Closer than ever. ”

Trump: Cries into Diet Coke, disappears for 3 days, comes back... straight to golf course.

Pak Posters: “Indians are hypocrites! Hindutvas are this... Hindutvas are that...
Arre yeh kya ho gaya, Paijaan? kuch karo!”

 

[IronShield]

Saudi Aramco halts supply to India's Nayara Energy after EU sanctions Russia's Rosneft

The halting of supply means that Nayara Energy, majority-owned by Rosneft, relied entirely on Russia for its crude oil imports in August.

www.hindustantimes.com

So it begins.....

 

[Rajdeep]

British Media also now saying Trump's Tariffs backfired spectacularly

 

[Romali_rotti]

Pak Posters: “Indians are hypocrites! Hindutvas are this... Hindutvas are that...
Arre yeh kya ho gaya, Paijaan? kuch karo!”


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I would leave the Pakistanis out of it, they do not hold any value on this chess board where the big boys are playing.

 

[IronShield]

I would leave the Pakistanis out of it, they do not hold any value on this chess board where the big boys are playing.

India is the pawn that is being been sacrificed by USA infront of our very eyes, after it realise that India cannot match up to Pakistan let alone China in combat. So they ended Indian Strategic freeloading.

Pitty for you, your previous comments on China are preserved on this forum

 

[Romali_rotti]

India is the pawn that is being been sacrificed by USA infront of our very eyes, after it realise that India cannot match up to Pakistan let alone China in combat. So they ended Indian Strategic freeloading.

Pitty for you, your previous comments on China are preserved on this forum

Yes yes, I agree Pakistan is the biggest player, they so big they can't even fit on the chess board

 

[RexRex]

Yes yes, I agree Pakistan is the biggest player, they so big they can't even fit on the chess board

While India's leaders strive for good economic deals with the big boyz, Pakistan's leaders are busy buying the latest billion dollar military gadgets and the rest of the country can't even buy roti

 

[IronShield]

While India's leaders strive for good economic deals with the big boyz, Pakistan's leaders are busy buying the latest billion dollar military gadgets and the rest of the country can't even buy roti

I get it, the cope is hard these days....

Rather than get salty over Pakistan, maybe have a hard look at yourselves, just by pretending and shouting greatness does not make you great.

 

[Romali_rotti]

While India's leaders strive for good economic deals with the big boyz, Pakistan's leaders are busy buying the latest billion dollar military gadgets and the rest of the country can't even buy roti

Pakistan is a lost cause, I have said it here for more than a decade.

No coming back from the mess they are in.

 

[RexRex]

I get it, the cope is hard these days....

Rather than get salty over Pakistan, maybe have a hard look at yourselves, just by pretending and shouting greatness does not make you great.

No coping here, I was just making a glaring observation.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

He definitely has his quirks. Or are you saying he is AC-DC. Probably is.

@Bhaijaan is the authority on that topic and he assures me he isn't.

It seems a bit high school teenage girl style though, hey, Trump, you dumped me, so I'll grab another boy's hand and take pics.

 

[DeadlyVenom]

I get it, the cope is hard these days....

Rather than get salty over Pakistan, maybe have a hard look at yourselves, just by pretending and shouting greatness does not make you great.

Indians declare victory daily. Their media coverage is nauseating. Have you seen some of their ridiculous takes recently? Random pictures of Shabaz Sharif that are over analysed, long detailed love letters about Modi sitting in the Limosine with Putin and gazing into each others eyes. Imagine being fed this stuff 24/7. And then when the narrative changes they have to do u-turns and gymnastics accordingly, boycott oops wait no boycott, Bangladesh good, no Bangladesh failed, China enemy, oh wait China friend.

It's no wonder @Romali_rotti has spent a decade commenting that Pakistan is a failed state. A flipping decade.

Pakistan is the only thing on their mind, despite India being slapped around in the last few months by almost every country they have dealings with.

And they have no remorse for allowing their economy to be built on the remains of dead Ukrainians.

 

[RexRex]

@Bhaijaan is the authority on that topic and he assures me he isn't.

It seems a bit high school teenage girl style though, hey, Trump, you dumped me, so I'll grab another boy's hand and take pics.

I have my suspicions. Come to think of it, both Modi and Rahul Gandhi have been single their entire adult lives.

A prominent indian commentator strongly hinted at it in 2013 but later deleted the tweet, which did make me wonder.

 

[Romali_rotti]

It's no wonder @Romali_rotti has spent a decade commenting that Pakistan is a failed state. A flipping decade.

How would you describe the state of Pakistan ?

 

[RexRex]

It's no wonder @Romali_rotti has spent a decade commenting that Pakistan is a failed state. A flipping decade.

Rotti only says that because he deeply cares about Pakistan. As the saying goes, 'you only criticise the ones you love

Why else would he be on this forum for twenty years now ?

 

[Red-Indian]

I have my suspicions. Come to think of it, both Modi and Rahul Gandhi have been single their entire adult lives.

A prominent indian commentator strongly hinted at it in 2013 but later deleted the tweet, which did make me wonder.

A prominent journalist I talked to a couple of years back at a literature festival told me in was common knowledge among the journalistic community about Rahul Gandhi. Most people are sympathetic to his predicament which is why nobody makes a big deal about it.

No idea about Modi

 

[RexRex]

A prominent journalist I talked to a couple of years back at a literature festival told me in was common knowledge among the journalistic community about Rahul Gandhi.

Who's that ? I don't see a problem with revealing it on an anoynmous forum. The commentator I mentioned was Brahma Chellaney, a serious analyst who does TV panels regulary commenting on national security affairs.

I found his deleted tweet from 2013. He made this right after the Delhi High Court decriminalised gay relations and the ensuing poltical outrage -

Hypocritical India has had one bisexual PM; one gay President; and one PM with live-in woman partner. Two of those dreaming to be PM are gay.

Rahul and Modi ..

 

[Red-Indian]

Who's that ? I don't see a problem with revealing it on an anoynmous forum. The commentator I mentioned was Brahma Chellaney, a serious analyst who does TV panels regulary commenting on national security affairs.

I found his deleted tweet from 2013. He made this right after the Delhi High Court decriminalised gay relations and the ensuing poltical outrage -

Hypocritical India has had one bisexual PM; one gay President; and one PM with live-in woman partner. Two of those dreaming to be PM are gay.

Rahul and Modi ..

Neerja Chowdhury. She'd just published a book about Indian Prime Ministers. I met her at the Jaipur Lit Fest

 

[IronShield]

Indians declare victory daily. Their media coverage is nauseating. Have you seen some of their ridiculous takes recently? Random pictures of Shabaz Sharif that are over analysed, long detailed love letters about Modi sitting in the Limosine with Putin and gazing into each others eyes. Imagine being fed this stuff 24/7. And then when the narrative changes they have to do u-turns and gymnastics accordingly, boycott oops wait no boycott, Bangladesh good, no Bangladesh failed, China enemy, oh wait China friend.

It's no wonder @Romali_rotti has spent a decade commenting that Pakistan is a failed state. A flipping decade.

Pakistan is the only thing on their mind, despite India being slapped around in the last few months by almost every country they have dealings with.

And they have no remorse for allowing their economy to be built on the remains of dead Ukrainians.

I mean they are so radicalised that they cannot see wood for the trees.

2025 has truly been annus horribilus for Modi. The strategic freeloading they were afforded for the last 3 decades has been yanked away within a matter of months and they are struggling to come to terms with it. Running from pillar to post with arms out..... some be my frannd!!

 

[IronShield]

Who's that ? I don't see a problem with revealing it on an anoynmous forum. The commentator I mentioned was Brahma Chellaney, a serious analyst who does TV panels regulary commenting on national security affairs.

I found his deleted tweet from 2013. He made this right after the Delhi High Court decriminalised gay relations and the ensuing poltical outrage -

Hypocritical India has had one bisexual PM; one gay President; and one PM with live-in woman partner. Two of those dreaming to be PM are gay.

Rahul and Modi ..

You are giving Belawal hope.....

Who were the others? Rahul and Modi were dreaming for the coveted seat at that time.

 

[Rajdeep]

I mean they are so radicalised that they cannot see wood for the trees.

2025 has truly been annus horribilus for Modi. The strategic freeloading they were afforded for the last 3 decades has been yanked away within a matter of months and they are struggling to come to terms with it. Running from pillar to post with arms out..... some be my frannd!!

Dil behlane ke liye yeh khayal acha hai

Horribilus?

 

[Red-Indian]

China's rise was with a massive help from the west as well as their IP. They will not repeat the same mistake with India.


India's "rise" is predicated on exporting people and gaming the system when they get there... i.e hiring only fellow Indians and exclude everyone else on and industrial scale etc..

India's strategic freeloading is over.

The West did not help China out of the goodness of their heart. They did it because they wanted cheap toys, cellphone, TVs etc.

The West also did not transfer 10 million jobs to India because they were being kind and wanted to help India. It happened because Indian coders, call center operators, back office employees were a fraction of the cost in the West.

Neither China nor India freeloaded. Don't fall for Trump/MAGA propaganda. The West got a lot more value in cheap goods, services than either China or India have from the jobs. Now if Trump and his idiotic buddies' motive is to stop the rise of China and India, they'll have to either ask their voters to either

1. Consume a lot less (goods and/or services) OR
2. Pay a lot more for what they consume OR
3. Find a way to magically increase productivity to make this stuff at home

 

[Bhaijaan]

Modi holding Putin's hands to annoy the US is probably the dumbest thing he has done in a while. The last thing you need is to antagonise the US even further and make them impose more tariffs/restrictions. Trump can ruin the Indian IT sector with the stroke of a pen.

The way the Trump administration has disrespected 25 years of diplomatic efforts to bring US & India closer, I must say GOI has shown utmost maturity and sensibility in not engaging in any war of words with them as many would have expected or wanted. In fact the most vocal and ruthless critics of this whole fiasco have been Western-American observers who understand that one man is about to undo years and years of diplomatic efforts with a very important country only for his business family to benefit from shadowy crypto, natural resources dealings with Pakistani dictatorship. They’re the people who understand Trump will be gone in a few years but it might take decades to rebuild the trust and momentum to align India with the Western

Americans cannot dictate whom India chooses as friends, which global summits we attend, or with whom our leaders share a laugh on a pleasant afternoon. India is not a client state. We are a sovereign nation and our diplomacy is guided by what serves the welfare of 1.4 billion Indians, not the insecurities of one man sitting in Washington.

Trump can disrupt global markets or wreck partnerships with the stroke of a pen like you said, he surely can do that and is doing that right now. He has proven that recklessness is his only consistent trait. But the world does not and cannot reshape its natural course around the whims of one impulsive, self-absorbed man.

Our stand has been clear from the beginning, India is proud, independent, and civilizationally rooted. We do what is best for our people, and no narcissist, however loud or reckless, can dictate our economic or foreign policy.

If other nations wish to discard their self-respect and bend the knee before a man like Trump, that is their choice. India, however, does not operate from a place of fear. For thousands of years, our civilization has endured and evolved. Greater powers than the United States once thought they could dominate or reshape India. They came and went. We remain. If our ancient civilization could withstand empires and conquerors, it can certainly withstand a few years of a political aberration in the White House.

At worst, our adversaries and detractors can delay our rise by years, perhaps decades. But they cannot halt the inevitable. The march of India to its rightful place at the top of the mountain is not a question of if, only of when.

The Indian IT sector, our industries, and our people are resilient enough to adapt and thrive.

 

[cricketjoshila]

Post the FAZ articlenow nyt says the same thing.

The Nobel Prize and a Testy Phone Call: How the Trump-Modi Relationship Unraveled

President Trump’s repeated claims about having “solved” the India-Pakistan war infuriated Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India. And that was only the beginning.

www.nytimes.com

Stop watching Hindi Bhindi news channels.

Poor yo. Shocked how India doesn’t bend to ussa. We arr. Not pakstan

 

[Rajdeep]

Breaking - Donald Trump mystery Oval office announcement coming up soon.

Is he resigning?

@DeadlyVenom @The Bald Eagle @Bhaag Viru Bhaag @JaDed

 

[DeadlyVenom]

Breaking - Donald Trump mystery Oval office announcement coming up soon.

Is he resigning?

@DeadlyVenom @The Bald Eagle @Bhaag Viru Bhaag @JaDed

There is some reports indicating he is going to hand reigns of US military to Field Marshall Asim Munir as part of a joint force to combat India.

 

[Rajdeep]

So JD Vance will be next president. Looks like PawPaw is gone

 

[Bewal Express]

So JD Vance will be next president. Looks like PawPaw is gone

All ready praying for his death. You gone from Trump as your saviour to, Vance as your saviour.

 

[JaDed]

Breaking - Donald Trump mystery Oval office announcement coming up soon.

Is he resigning?

@DeadlyVenom @The Bald Eagle @Bhaag Viru Bhaag @JaDed

Most probably things to do with tariff issues in the appeal court plus space command location change.

 

[Rajdeep]

Yes space command location change