US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick mentioned that President Donald Trump has asked India to end the purchase of Russian oil, as he defended the sweeping tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, whose legality is under question at the US Supreme Court.

“The President is using these tariffs to end the war in Russia and Ukraine. He has told India to stop buying (Russian) oil. If you take these (IEEPA) powers away from the President, he can’t make the world and the United States of America a safer place," Lutnick said on Fox News.

“I think the Justices know it, they know the law. It was crystal clear if you sat through the second half of today, the President of the USA, Donald Trump, is going to win this case. These powers protect America," he added.

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