Today, the Chief Justice of India openly mocked the Hindu religion.
This has never happened before, but he knows he is protected under the new "Ambedkar Republic of India".
It is clearly noted in the puranas that the last time someone said something like this, what manifested and what it did to criminal people. May be it is an inadverdant, spiritually guided call to restore dharma as the courts are under overload. Let's see this positively :)
Why does Navarro continue purveying misleading as well false information.
His claim that our earnings from the US which are at the cost of US workers enable us to buy Russian oil which we never bought before.
We didn’t buy Russian oil before because it wasn’t economical. US price cap on Russian oil put for political reasons made it commercially economical for India to buy.
The US therefore created a market for India to buy Russian oil.
The argument that India’s trade surplus with the U.S. at the cost of US workers enabled India to buy Russian oil is ludicrous.
US had a trade deficit of approximately $295.5 billion with China in 2024, Wasn’t this at the cost of US workers and China is the biggest buyer of Russian oil and gas.
China has just signed the Power of Siberia pipeline contract with Russia while the Ukraine conflict is on.
Navarro is silent on China while Trump is enthusiastic about trade negotiations with China.
US had a goods trade deficit of approximately $235.9 billion with the EU in 2024 at the cost of US workers too according to Navarro’s logic.
Most cynically the US now wants EU to impose penalty tariffs on India for buying Russian oil.
As for profiteering by Indian companies, the top five US-based oil and gas companies — ExxonMobil (XOM), Chevron (CVX), ConocoPhillips (CPP), EOG Resources (EOG) and Schlumberger (SLB) — have raked in more than $250 billion in profits between 2021 and 2023.
Family-owned businesses account for roughly 54% of US GDP. Two biggest family owned businesses in the world are American.
Walmart is family owned ( Walton family 48.9%) with
 revenue in 2020 of $559.1 b
Berkshire Hathaway( Buffet family 37. 2%), 2020 revenue
$ 245.5 b.
Ford Motor Co 5th in rank( Ford family 40%) revenue 2020 $ 127.1 b
Koch Industries 7th in rank ( Koch family 84%) 2020 revenue $ 115 b
Cargill 8th rank (Cargil Macmillan family 85%) 2020 revenue $ 114.6 b
Navarro is intellectually and politically dishonest.
Now the Speaker of the House announces his support for sanctions on India and China as way to pressure Russia to end the conflict in Ukraine.
One more instance of lack of awareness amongst self- centred geopolitically unlettered US politicians of such bullying diplomacy leaving scars on India-US ties for a long time.
India has no responsibility whatever for the Russia- Ukraine conflict. US and Europe are responsible for causing it and have the responsibility to end it.
The West is running away from its primary responsibility by shifting the blame on India.
This is political cowardice.
Right, so the unavoidable takeaway is that the U.S. was content to “cause a rift with India” but quite desperate to avoid one with China. Take from that what you will.
The Trump administration is mixing soft noises with hard ones to unsettle us.
Soft noises to convey that the US values its ties with India and the prospects of cooperation remain promising in various areas .
Hard noises to convey that this is contingent on India meeting US demands on ending purchases of Russian oil, buying LNG and crude oil from the US, investing in US etc.
The statement issued by the Treasury Secretary is materially false in the claim that the US has taken dramatic action against purchasers of Russian oil.
Which “ purchasers” besides India have been subject to dramatic action?
China, EU, Turkey?
Asking the G 7 to impose tariffs on countries purchasing Russian oil is essentially a call to target India.
It is hypocritical too as the US is not taking dramatic action itself against other countries besides India.
India has to stand firm otherwise we will be squeezed to meet US demands in many areas.
It is a testing moment for us.
@Chellaney Too little too late for damage already done. It may take decades to overcome the trust deficit. Now India will also be transactional with the US.
@ARanganathan72 I would not be surprised if Saudi Arabia is ranked above. People by & large in their culture don't expect democracy or freedom of expression. They expect their Kings to give them a decent living which they are giving.
@KaartikGor Yeh dar accha hai. Atleast some know the level of outrage in the common man & are avoiding hurting their sentiments, unlike the BCCI. BCCI thinks the B stands for British.