Donald Trump’s adviser Peter Navarro misplaced his calm on Sunday after one in every of his posts on India’s buy of Russian oil was flagged with a group word on X.
Navarro, in a put up, had accused India of shopping for Russian oil solely to make income and claimed the revenues had been serving to fund Moscow’s struggle in Ukraine.
“FACTS: India highest tariffs prices US jobs. India buys Russian oil purely to revenue/Revenues feed Russia struggle machine. Ukrainians/Russians die. US taxpayers shell out extra,” he mentioned.
However this time, X customers fact-checked his claims and clarified that India’s oil commerce with Russia was primarily for vitality safety and didn’t break any sanctions.
“India’s Russian oil purchases are for vitality safety, not simply revenue, & do not violate sanctions. Whereas India has some tariffs, the U.S. has a commerce surplus with it in providers. U.S. additionally continues to import sure commodities from Russia which is hypocritical,” the word learn.
Navarro, nonetheless, dismissed the correction as “crap” and attacked Elon Musk for “permitting propaganda in folks’s posts”.
“Wow. Elon Musk is letting propaganda into folks’s posts. That crap word under is simply that. Crap. India buys Russia oil solely to profiteer. It did not purchase any earlier than Russia invaded Ukraine. Indian govt spin machine transferring excessive tilt. Cease killing Ukrainians. Cease taking,” he wrote in one other put up.
Peter Navarro’s flagged put up was the most recent in a sequence of allegations he has made towards India over its Russian oil commerce, following the US President’s announcement of fifty% tariffs on Indian imports.
Trump’s further duties took impact on August 27. Washington had first imposed a 25% tariff on New Delhi citing unfair commerce practices, later including one other 25% over India’s buy of Russian oil.