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Trump targeted Russia over its oil exports to India and said that Moscow’s economy “is not doing well”. His remarks came days after he dubbed Indian and Russian economies “dead”.
Trump-Putin meeting: Trump targets Russia ahead of Alaska meeting (Reuters File Image)
US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) described his decision to slap 50% tariffs against India for buying Russian oil as a “big blow” for Moscow, while taking a shot at Russia’s economy again, days after dubbing it as “dead”.
Trump said that he was “all set to do things far bigger” than targeting Russian oil exports, and claimed that he “got a call” about holding a meeting with President Vladimir Putin.
His remarks came while speaking with the reporters about his plans to meet Putin on August 15 in Alaska.
“I’m going to meet him…Their (Russia’s) economy is not doing well right now because it’s been very well disturbed by this. It doesn’t help when the President of the United States tells their largest or second-largest oil buyer that we are putting a 50 percent tariff on you if you buy oil from Russia. That was a big blow,” he said.
#WATCH | On meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump says, “I’m going to meet him…Their (Russia) economy is not doing well right now because it’s been very well disturbed by this. It doesn’t help when the President of the United States tells… pic.twitter.com/ika9ZSwT1O– years (@ani) August 11, 2025
“I haven’t stopped there. I mean, look, I was all set to do things far bigger than that. But I got a call that they’d like to meet and I’m going to see what they want to meet about,” Trump added.
His comments came as tensions with India have been on the rise since his announcement of 25% tariffs on India, and then the subsequent 25% additional duties on Indian exports to the US for New Delhi’s decision to continue buying Russian oil, even though he did not impose any new tariffs on China — which is the largest buyer of oil from Moscow.
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Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. You can follow him on Twitter: @MallickAshes…Read More
Ashesh Mallick is a Sub-Editor with over three years of experience in news writing, video production. He primarily covers national news, politics and global affairs. You can follow him on Twitter: @MallickAshes… Read More
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