India-US Tariff Row: With New Delhi refusing to bow right down to America’s bullying and China extending a pleasant hand in the direction of its adversary India, the Donald Trump administration has discovered itself embroiled in criticism over tariffs on India. With every passing day, Trump administration officers are making wild costs and reckless feedback in opposition to India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a recent assault on India, Trump’s Commerce Adviser Peter Navarro has tried to divide Indians on caste-lines. In an interview with Fox Information, Navarro mentioned that whereas Modi is in mattress with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese language President Xi Jinping, Indians have failed to grasp the state of affairs, as Brahmins profit from the Russian oil buy.
Navarro’s Casteist Slur
Apparently, observing that India has responded to American tariffs with unity reasonably than worry, officers within the Trump administration at the moment are making an attempt to take advantage of caste divisions as a method of provocation. Navarro now claims that Brahmins are profiteering from the Russian oil buy.
“Modi is a superb chief. I do not perceive why he’s in mattress with Putin and Xi Jinping when it is the largest democracy on the earth. I’d say to the Indian individuals, please perceive what’s going on. You’ve got Brahmins profiteering on the expense of the Indian individuals. We’d like that to cease,” mentioned Navarro.
Why is Navarro so involved concerning the caste of whoever in India ‘advantages’ from oil imports? Why would an aide of the American president wade into caste wars in India on an American information community. Blatant gaslighting. pic.twitter.com/DC2uNvuGR5
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) September 1, 2025
‘Modi’s Warfare’
Navarro is identical US official who termed the Russia-Ukraine battle as ‘Modi’s warfare’. In an earlier interview on Bloomberg Tv’s Steadiness of Energy, Navarro argued that India, by buying discounted oil from Russia, is successfully ‘serving to’ Moscow. He additional contended that New Delhi’s actions hurt the USA as an entire. In line with Navarro, American customers, companies, and staff bear the price of India’s excessive tariffs, which he claimed lead to job losses, manufacturing facility closures, diminished revenue, and suppressed wages. “…the taxpayers lose, as a result of we’ve acquired to fund Modi’s warfare,” he mentioned.