What he called them · Second term · № 137
Posted that India and Russia 'can take their dead economies down together'
“I don't care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World.”
- Said
- , Truth Social
- Subject
- India
- Target
- Other countries
- Place
- India
- Topic
- Trade & tariffs
- Era
- Second term
What happened
The post came a day after Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on India plus an unspecified 'penalty' over its purchases of Russian oil and weapons, AFP reported. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi agreed with the remark, while other Indian politicians rejected it. Trump had earlier called India 'the tariff king' (press conference, October 1, 2018).