‘Financing the war in Ukraine’: Trump aide slams India for buying Russian oil

https://www.moneycontrol.com/world/financing-the-war-in-ukraine-trump-aide-slams-india-for-buying-russian-oil-article-13378217.html

29 comments

  1. “Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s top advisors, calls out India’s oil trade with Russia as ‘astonishing,’ escalating pressure amid tariffs and diplomatic strain.

    “It is not acceptable for India to continue financing this war by purchasing the oil from Russia,” Miller said, adding that the numbers are “shocking.”

    Still, Miller sought to soften the criticism by invoking Trump’s rapport with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, calling their relationship ‘tremendous.'”

  3. Maybe if the current government of the United States had done something to keep some allies instead of alienating all of them with your incredibly stupid trade war nonsense, you could, oh gee I don’t know, rally some of them to put even more effective pressure in some form of united front on India or something.

  4. USA just made a deal with Pakistan, they are financing terrorism that directly hurts India.

  5. What the hell! The earlier administration was hand in hand with India buying oil to maintain prices! This govt. too is hand in hand but they won’t admit it publicly because the orange man wants some peace prize up his a$$!

  6. Mehhh, we can call it what it is , America doesn’t make money in this transaction and is trying to capitalize on the situation to divert the cash flow towards American Interest in the region.

  8. But he’d be cool with it if the roles were reversed. India funding some BS US war machine.

  10. America doesn’t gives a damn about Ukraine , the sanction strategy is not about Oil or war it’s about US trying to neutralize the possibility of an alternative Financial payments settlement system .

    They are Targeting Brazil , India , China , Russia .
    What has Brazil got to do with war that they are hit with 50% tarrifs .

    This situation is no longer about Oil now it’s gone beyond that it’s about Sovereignty .
    They way leader of European union or Japanese PM and other “Allies” of US were humiliated that truly shows these countries have no real sovereignty .

    US doesn’t seeks allies it seeks Subservient vassals as a chess piece in forwarding their geopolitical interests .

  12. Good. If India wants to be friends with Russia then they cant be friends with us.

  13. There’s only one reason America doesn’t want the whole world to burn: You can’t meaningfully profit from piles of rubble.

    Anyway, America, how can we help you?

  15. Donald duck can trade with India’s adversaries but India can’t fulfill its massive population needs by trading with Russia. Such hypocrisy can only be expected from USA.

  16. India works in the interest of India. Thank you for your attention in this matter

    PS: Release the Epstein Files, Garfield

  17. At this point, America is just joke … Nobody gives a fuck about Trump’s tantrum ..

  19. You have to love pearl clutching Trump admin staffers complaining about a country funding a war against a country that Trump spent his first six months cutting off aid to. It’s amazing how, since Epstein, he’s now trying to get on the right side of history.

  20. I think this graph is very telling: [IEA – Average Russian oil exports by country and region, 2021-2024](https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/average-russian-oil-exports-by-country-and-region-2021-2024).

    The reality is that Russia is the third largest exporter of oil in the world. That oil will keep flowing regardless. It’s just a question of who will buy it (and sell it to others). When the EU stopped buying, India and Turkey ramped up their imports. If India stops, someone else **must** start buying more Russian oil. That’s how the world market works.

    And the US must know this. It’s just a tariff game, and it does not really reduce Russian oil exports.

  21. Would have been nicer to first finish the military war with global cooperation before starting a trade war with same countries

    There is no difference between military war and economic war. Both impact lives & livelihood.

    How can US expect China & India to cooperate while fighting a tariff war against them. In addition US was friends with Russia few weeks back and Trump/Putin relationship was great. Now suddenly everything is other way around and world should follow. Tough ask

  22. Oh, the Americans are back again preaching to the rest of the world what to do—while running a trillion-dollar war machine funded by invasions.

  23. Let’s hear them call out European countries for buying Russian Gas in the same breath.

  24. So trump’s posse went from bashing Ukraine and praising Russia to doing the opposite now? The mental gymnastics here are the most impressive I’ve ever seen in my life.

  26. I’m for any directions towards cutting Russian budget dry, though more productive would be keeping that government department functional that was tracking Russia bypass of sanctions putting every month in a list renamed Russian ships from shadow fleet hauling oil, that department that DOGE decimated

  27. Why didn’t Trump tariff Russia like everyone else.

    It’s all bullshit.  Putin is talking to Trump and he calls the shots.

  29. Only because his pride has been tarnished by Putin and Epstein 

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