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struggle4progress

(124,348 posts) Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:33 PM Aug 28

Peter Navarro blames Russia-Ukraine conflict on India

White House trade advisor’s comments come hours after US imposes 50% tariffs on Indian goods

Maroosha Muzaffar
Thursday 28 August 2025 12:33 BST

... rump’s trade adviser, Peter Navarro, ... claimed that India’s ongoing purchases of Russian oil were “funding the war machine”.

His remarks came just hours after the US implemented 50 per cent tariffs on Indian goods on Wednesday ...

When the journalist said, “You mean Putin’s war?” Mr Navarro was quick to correct: “Modi’s war” ...

While Russia now supplies 35–40 per cent of India’s crude, up from under 2 per cent before February 2022, New Delhi has also stated that the US has not applied similar tariffs to China, the EU, or other major Russian oil importers ...

https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/india/trump-russia-ukraine-modi-war-tariffs-peter-navarro-b2815710.html

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Peter Navarro blames Russia-Ukraine conflict on India (Original Post) struggle4progress Aug 28 OP

Shouldn't Navarro still be in jail? LakeVermilion Aug 28 #1

The lying traitors in this facsist gangster regime zorbasd Aug 28 #2

They are getting crazier and crazier newdeal2 Aug 28 #3

Putin's missiles just hit a UK diplomatic site in Kyiv struggle4progress Aug 28 #6

Navarro has always been an unhinged crazy jackass, which is why he fits in perfectly in the current administration. lostincalifornia Aug 28 #4

His rhetoric is intemperate maxsolomon Aug 28 #5

Meet the pro-Putin Republicans and conservatives struggle4progress Aug 28 #8

And the US is directly funding genocide in Gaza fujiyamasan Aug 28 #7

Netanyahu is another Putin stooge struggle4progress Aug 28 #9

I reckon he has let Biden off the hook for this, then? Midnight Writer Aug 28 #10

Anyone except Russia MaineBlueBear Aug 28 #11

peter navarro is another putin loving republican. republianmushroom Aug 28 #12

LakeVermilion

(1,401 posts)

1. Shouldn't Navarro still be in jail?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:34 PM

Aug 28

Just asking for a friend.

zorbasd

(466 posts)

2. The lying traitors in this facsist gangster regime

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:36 PM

Aug 28

will someday meet a street lamp post.

newdeal2

(3,856 posts)

3. They are getting crazier and crazier

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:36 PM

Aug 28

They’ve made a mess of both the war and the tariffs and are now passing the blame to third parties.

struggle4progress

(124,348 posts)

6. Putin's missiles just hit a UK diplomatic site in Kyiv

Reply to newdeal2 (Reply #3)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:45 PM

Aug 28

so Putin's stooges are rushing to divert attention

lostincalifornia

(4,342 posts)

4. Navarro has always been an unhinged crazy jackass, which is why he fits in perfectly in the current administration.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:43 PM

Aug 28

maxsolomon

(37,265 posts)

5. His rhetoric is intemperate

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:43 PM

Aug 28

But if India had sworn off Russian oil, Putin wouldn't have as much money to build drones & glide bombs.

Modi is keeping the war going as sure as Xi is.

struggle4progress

(124,348 posts)

8. Meet the pro-Putin Republicans and conservatives

Reply to maxsolomon (Reply #5)

Thu Aug 28, 2025, 01:52 PM

Aug 28

... “The Soviet Union back before Russia when it broke up contained all of Ukraine including Crimea. The country itself is not really a country.”

Peter Navarro ...
December 2021 ...

https://accountability.gop/ukraine-quotes/

Navarro's just covering for Putin