New York:
US President Donald Trump’s trade advisor Peter Navarro on Monday termed India’s purchases of Russian oil as “blood money” and said Delhi didn’t buy oil from Moscow in large quantities before the Ukraine conflict.
In his post on X, Navarro said, “Fact: India didn’t buy Russian oil in large quantities before Russia invaded Ukraine. It’s blood money and people are dying.”
Last week, Navarro, White House’s Senior Counsellor for Trade and Manufacturing, said in a post that “India’s highest tariffs cost US jobs. India buys Russian oil purely to profit/Revenues feed the Russian war machine. Ukrainians/Russians die. US taxpayers shell out more. India can’t handle truth/spins.”
When a community note was added to Navarro’s post by X, he slammed Elon Musk, saying the X billionaire owner is “letting propaganda into people’s posts. That crap note below is just that. Crap. India buys Russian oil solely to profiteer. It didn’t buy any before Russia invaded Ukraine. The Indian government’s spin machine is moving at high tilt. Stop killing Ukrainians. Stop taking American jobs.
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