U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday doubled down on his criticism of India, calling trade ties with the country "a totally one sided disaster!" after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit.

Trump in a post on Truth Social also said that India had offered to cut its tariffs to zero, but it was "getting late," and that the country should have done so "years ago," without elaborating on when such an offer was made.

This comes against the backdrop of the U.S. imposing 50% tariffs on the country , including secondary duties of 25% last month for purchasing Russian oil, which India has called "unfair, unjustified and unreasonable."

Trump reiterated that India was buying oil and arms from Russia, and accused New Delhi of sel

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