President Donald Trump said Monday he was "substantially" increasing tariffs on India, accusing the country of essentially fueling the "Russian war machine."
"India is not only buying massive amounts of Russian Oil, they are then, for much of the Oil purchased, selling it on the Open Market for big profits," Trump wrote on TRUTH Social. "They don’t care how many people in Ukraine are being killed by the Russian War Machine. Because of this, I will be substantially raising the Tariff paid by India to the USA. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!"
Trump announced last week that the U.S. would impose 25% tariffs on imports from India. At the time, the president described India as a "friend" but condemned the country as having the "most strenuous and obnoxious non-monetary" trade b