US President Donald Trump’s aide Peter Navarro has lashed out at Elon Musk after X flagged his post accusing India of profiteering from Russian oil imports. The White House trade adviser, who has for days targeted New Delhi over its energy purchases from Moscow, alleged that India was buying Russian oil “purely to profit” and to feed the Russian “war machine” in Ukraine.
In a post on X, Navarro declared: “FACTS: India highest tariffs costs U.S. jobs. India buys Russian oil purely to profit/Revenues feed Russia war machine. Ukrainians/Russians die. US taxpayers shell out more. India can’t handle truth/spins.”
Hours later, Musk’s platform intervened with a community note titled “Readers added context they thought people might want to know,” pointing out that India’s Russian oil purchases were for “energy security” and did not violate sanctions.
It also underlined that the United States itself continued to import uranium and minerals from Russia, which it described as hypocritical. “India’s Russian oil purchases are for energy security, not just profit, and don’t violate sanctions. While India has some tariffs, the US has a trade surplus with it in services. The US also continues to import certain commodities from Russia which is hypocritical,” the note read.
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