"Brahmins Profiteering...": Top Trump Aide On India's Russian Oil Trade | Read
US President Donald Trump's Trade Advisor Peter Navarro doubled down on his accusation of India profiting off the Russia-Ukraine war by buying Moscow's oil at a discount, refining it and selling it to buyers in Europe and elsewhere. In an interview with Fox News, the White House adviser dubbed New Delhi a "laundromat for the Kremlin" and slammed the country's elite for profiteering "at the expense of the Indian people."
Trump's trade czar claimed India didn't buy much oil from Russia before its full-scale assault on Ukraine, but now it was fueling "the Russian war machine."
"India is nothing but a laundromat for the Kremlin...You got Brahmins profiteering at the expense of the Indian people. We need that to stop," Navarro said, alleging that Indian refiners were buying discounted Russian crude, processing it, and exporting it at a premium.
