{"id":356291,"date":"2025-09-05T18:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=356291"},"modified":"2025-09-05T18:53:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T13:23:06","slug":"looks-like-weve-lost-india-and-russia-to-deepest-darkest-china-may-they-have-a-long-and-prosperous-future-together-says-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/looks-like-weve-lost-india-and-russia-to-deepest-darkest-china-may-they-have-a-long-and-prosperous-future-together-says-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Looks like we’ve lost India, Russia to deepest, darkest, China’: Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

“No comments” says India; but Trump\u2019s dramatic language suggests possibly resigned, sarcastic acknowledgment of the new geopolitical shift\u2014the India-Russia-China alignment\u2014say analysts  <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Photo: White House website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

India on Friday slammed White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro for his recent remarks, calling his statements \u201cinaccurate and misleading\u201d but did not comment on US President Donald Trump\u2019s latest barb centred around a new geopolitical shift\u2014the India-Russia-China alignment\u2014in the World<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLooks like we\u2019ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!\u201d Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal called the relationship between India and the US \u201cimportant\u201d for the central government, saying both countries share a \u201ccomprehensive and global strategic partnership\u201d. \u201cWe have seen the inaccurate and misleading statements made by Mr. Navarro, and obviously reject them.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs far as India-United States relations are concerned, we have said before that there is a comprehensive global strategic partnership between the two countries, and we want to work on this partnership and take it forward… This relationship between the United States and India is very important for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBoth our countries share a comprehensive global strategic partnership, which is anchored in our shared interests, democratic values, and robust people-to-people ties. This partnership has weathered several transitions and challenges. We remain focused on the substantive agenda that our two countries have committed to, and we hope that the relationship will continue to move forward based on mutual respect and shared interests,\u201d he was quoted as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Navarro said<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his recent statements Navarro accused India of having extremely high trade barriers, dubbing it the \u201cMaharaja of tariffs.\u201d He also spoke on how India exports a lot to the US but doesn’t allow reciprocal access, hurting American businesses and workers. Then he labelled India an \u201coil laundromat for the Kremlin,\u201d alleging that Indian refiners buy discounted Russian crude, process it, and resell the products abroad at premium prices\u2014profiteering off the arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a highly controversial and widely criticized comment, Navarro asserted: \u201cBrahmins profiteering at the expense of the Indian people. We need that to stop.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Navarro also argued that Indian purchases of discounted Russian oil were funding Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, calling it \u201cModi\u2019s war.\u201d America ends up paying more for Ukraine\u2019s war efforts and buying Russian oil indirectly fuels the conflict, he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What Trump said and meant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The dramatic and sarcastic geopolitical comment carries strong connotations and can be interpreted in many ways. Jaiswal said \u201cwe have no comments to offer,\u201d however, according to analysts, Trump seems to be conveying US\u2019 concern, perhaps frustration, about India and Russia aligning closely with China at the high-profile gathering at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, where leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, President Vladimir Putin, and President Xi Jinping came together, signalling growing cooperation among the three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The phrase \u201cdeepest, darkest China\u201d is deliberately dramatic, a tongue-in-cheek, sarcastic comment. Coupled with \u201cMay they have a long and prosperous future together!\u201d, Trump\u2019s tone is definitely not sincere or optimistic. At the same time, the comments also reflect broader US unease over diminishing influence in parts of the world where ties with Beijing are strengthening especially when  the US\u2013India relations are strained due to recent tariff issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“No comments” says India; but Trump\u2019s dramatic language suggests possibly resigned, sarcastic acknowledgment of the new geopolitical shift\u2014the India-Russia-China alignment\u2014say analysts   India on Friday slammed White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro for his recent remarks, calling his statements \u201cinaccurate and misleading\u201d but did not comment on US President Donald Trump\u2019s latest barb centred around […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":356294,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14929,36,53],"tags":[16627,18841,16742,15700,17316,19726,19906],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356291"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356298,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356291\/revisions\/356298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/356294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}