{"id":420157,"date":"2025-09-13T04:02:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T04:02:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/420157\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T04:02:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T04:02:17","slug":"imposing-tariffs-for-russian-oil-purchases-causes-a-rift-with-india-says-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/420157\/","title":{"rendered":"Imposing tariffs for Russian oil purchases \u2018causes a rift with India\u2019, says Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1x1_spacer.png\" alt=\"Congo and Rwanda, I solved it. It was going on for 31 years, millions of people killed. I solve wars that was unsolvable,\u201d U.S. President Donald Trump said. File\" title=\"Congo and Rwanda, I solved it. It was going on for 31 years, millions of people killed. I solve wars that was unsolvable,\u201d U.S. President Donald Trump said. File\" data-original=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1x1_spacer.png\" class=\"lead-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"caption\">\n                    Congo and Rwanda, I solved it. It was going on for 31 years, millions of people killed. I solve wars that was unsolvable,\u201d U.S. President Donald Trump said. File<br \/>\n                                          | Photo Credit: Reuters\n                                      <\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump said imposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/imposed-tariffs-against-india-for-purchasing-russian-energy-products-trump-administration-tells-us-supreme-court\/article70012708.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">tariffs on India for buying Russian oil<\/a> is not an easy thing to do, and it \u201ccauses a rift with India.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLook, India was their biggest customer. I put a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/business\/Economy\/usa-donald-trump-additional-25-per-cent-tariff-on-india\/article69902006.ece\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">50% tariff on India<\/a> because they\u2019re buying oil from Russia. That\u2019s not an easy thing to do. That\u2019s a big deal and it causes a rift with India,\u201d Mr. Trump said in an interview with \u2018Fox and Friends\u2019 on Friday (September 12, 2025), when asked what clamping down on Russian President Vladimir Putin entails. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I\u2019ve already done it. I\u2019ve done a lot,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cAnd remember this is a Europe problem much more than our problem,\u201d Mr. Trump added. &#13;<\/p>\n<p>In the interview, Mr. Trump also repeated his claim that he has solved seven conflicts so far in his second term as President. \u201cI solved seven wars. I did so many, including Pakistan and India, but big ones, some were unsolvable. Congo and Rwanda, I solved it. It was going on for 31 years, millions of people killed. I solve wars that was unsolvable,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Defending its purchase of Russian crude oil, India has been maintaining that its energy procurement is driven by national interest and market dynamics. <\/p>\n<p class=\"publish-time-new\"> Published &#8211; September 13, 2025 01:18 am IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Congo and Rwanda, I solved it. It was going on for 31 years, millions of people killed. 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