Trump warns US may have lost India, Russia to China
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Trump criticizes India and Russia after their leaders met with Xi Jinping, as tensions in US-China relations and global alignments soar.
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US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Polish President Karol Nawrocki in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025, in Washington (AP)
US President Donald Trump said that India and Russia seem to have been drawn toward China after their leaders met with Chinese President Xi Jinping, voicing irritation on Friday at New Delhi and Moscow as Beijing seeks to promote a new world order.
"Looks like we’ve lost India and Russia to deepest, darkest, China. May they have a long and prosperous future together!" the US President wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform, along with an image of the three leaders together.
When asked about Trump’s post, India’s Foreign Ministry told reporters in New Delhi that it would not offer any comment, while the Chinese Foreign Ministry did not provide an immediate response to a request for comment and representatives of the Kremlin were not immediately available.
Xi hosted over 20 leaders from non-Western nations for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in the Chinese port city of Tianjin, with attendees including Russian President Vladimir Putin, DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Recently, relations between Washington and New Delhi turned sour amid Trump's tariff policy and other points of difference.
Trump said this week he was “very disappointed” in Putin but not concerned about closer Russia-China ties, expressing frustration over his inability to help end the war in Ukraine and telling reporters at the White House on Thursday night that he planned to speak with Putin soon.
Trump's tariffs on India 'declaration of economic war': NYT
US President Donald Trump's decision to impose 50% tariffs on Indian imports has landed like a declaration of economic war and has unraveled India's hopes of becoming the world's preferred manufacturing alternative to China, The New York Times reported on September 1.
According to the NYT, these tariffs directly undermined India's "China Plus One" strategy, a plan supported by investors to diversify supply chains away from China, leaving both officials and investors scrambling to adjust to a new economic reality.
Economists quoted by The New York Times warned that the "Trump shock" would kill off early signs of export growth and investment, and four Indian economists, including a former chief economic advisor to Modi, argued in an Indian newspaper that the tariffs could devastate India’s fragile progress.
The NYT detailed how the tariffs are already straining Indian industries as companies that supply the US market now face bleak prospects, with importers turning instead to Vietnam, Mexico, or other tariff-free markets.
Business owners told the newspaper they felt betrayed after years of building partnerships with US companies, which was illustrated in Moradabad, a hub for handicrafts and light industry, where factory manager Samish Jain said his firm exported 40% of its goods to America.
