We should be on board with punishing buyers of Russian oil but I imagine the response here will be tepid at best because Trump is going after them. Hell, we should start with no longer importing said oil through India first.
Jolly-Brain9118 on
If US want them to stop, they need to take direct action imposing sanctions, if not they are just wasting everyone time.
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Still_There3603 on
Biden made a serious mistake in choosing not to impose tariffs/sanctions on India in 2022-2023 when India began this absolutely gargantuan increase in Russian oil imports.
Giving India a pass then in the name of US-India relations to counter China only brought India closer to Russia which then eventually got India to normalize with China in Oct 2024.
Now in 2025, getting India to stop bankrolling Russia is too risky as India seems set to accept a Russia-India-China troika as a counterweight to US & even NATO out of anti-Western sentiment.
The Hindu Nationalist BJP Party in India choosing Russia-China over „bending the knee“ to „the Anglos“ was an obvious risk in hindsight.
They just had to buy it from Trump’s approved middle men.
ShallotNo8297 on
This shows that European sanctions are working. Russia is forced to sell oil at ridiculously low prices.
Unhappy_Sugar_5091 on
Trump brought the world closer to each other.
21and420 on
Wait till you find out most of that oil finds it way back to Europe and Africa.
oatie_boi on
That, Trump, is how the USA loses its place as top dog. Countries don’t bend their knees just because you’re the USA anymore. Decades, even centuries to build. You fucked it in less than two terms. Really impressive!
Lost-Letterhead-6615 on
Remember, the majority of indians don’t benefit from this. The billionaires, ambani, adanis that are long time friends of our rioter khakhi-short wearing cow-piss-drinking literal-nazi PM benefit from this.
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It’s not an easy decision for economies like india.
On the one hand you really cant give up cheap ressources for your country, on the other hand you cant just do what the world bully wants you to do.
Wait, it’s very easy.
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They know Trump’s full of shit anyway.
We should be on board with punishing buyers of Russian oil but I imagine the response here will be tepid at best because Trump is going after them. Hell, we should start with no longer importing said oil through India first.
If US want them to stop, they need to take direct action imposing sanctions, if not they are just wasting everyone time.
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Biden made a serious mistake in choosing not to impose tariffs/sanctions on India in 2022-2023 when India began this absolutely gargantuan increase in Russian oil imports.
Giving India a pass then in the name of US-India relations to counter China only brought India closer to Russia which then eventually got India to normalize with China in Oct 2024.
Now in 2025, getting India to stop bankrolling Russia is too risky as India seems set to accept a Russia-India-China troika as a counterweight to US & even NATO out of anti-Western sentiment.
The Hindu Nationalist BJP Party in India choosing Russia-China over „bending the knee“ to „the Anglos“ was an obvious risk in hindsight.
A bit disingenuous considering overall indias consumption of Russian oil futures has decreased nd chinas share has increased. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/20/business/china-secures-russian-oil-orders-intl-hnk
They just had to buy it from Trump’s approved middle men.
This shows that European sanctions are working. Russia is forced to sell oil at ridiculously low prices.
Trump brought the world closer to each other.
Wait till you find out most of that oil finds it way back to Europe and Africa.
That, Trump, is how the USA loses its place as top dog. Countries don’t bend their knees just because you’re the USA anymore. Decades, even centuries to build. You fucked it in less than two terms. Really impressive!
Remember, the majority of indians don’t benefit from this. The billionaires, ambani, adanis that are long time friends of our rioter khakhi-short wearing cow-piss-drinking literal-nazi PM benefit from this.
It’s not an easy decision for economies like india.
On the one hand you really cant give up cheap ressources for your country, on the other hand you cant just do what the world bully wants you to do.
Wait, it’s very easy.