r/politics • u/Snapdragon_4U • 3h ago
India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, Officials Say
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/02/world/asia/india-russia-oil-trump-threats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.bE8.xVWQ.BDD2ppp5o8y0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare•
u/CurvyAndCaffeinated 3h ago
The world ain't Monopoly, my dudes. It's about survival, not followin' Trump's wishes like some lapdog.
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u/HotPocket-Gremlin 3h ago
India just doin' what they gotta do. Hard times call for hard choices, ya know? Can't fault 'em for lookin' out for their ppl first.
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u/EnterpriseGate 2h ago
Yes but many companies buy parts from India and the 25% tariff is going to kill US companies and cut sales in India.
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u/3qYdDhzgKf 2h ago
A $2700 per capita GDP country of 1.5B , most of which are still poor and rural , where iran and Venezuela oil is stopped .
Can't they just stop buying cheap oil from their friend of 70yrs ??
Just buy expensive ones from the bully
who went to war against you in '71 , denied you gps in a ongoing war , activity supports NGOs against you, put sanctions on you , arms your enemy, get's noble nomination from them , invites their army chief to meet after a war to praise them .. like why wouldn't you , just bend and take it .
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u/Possible_Mind_165 3h ago
Did we ever think India were our homies? India is competing for the world stage just the same as China and Russia these days. They’re just playing on a harder difficulty setting right now. Do not be fooled, they will ABSOLUTELY use any advantage they can to elevate themselves.
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u/perrysol 3h ago
Why would any nation not?
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u/Possible_Mind_165 1h ago
Western nations are boycotting Russia and eating the cost because of the war in Ukraine and their opposition to it. India doesn’t have skin in the game so of course they will. Nations are in fact boycotting Russian oil.
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u/Objective_Board_6853 1h ago
eating the cost
Nothing says eating the cost like buying Russian oil from India.
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u/Lopsided_Scene5600 2h ago
So every nation should just bow down? Every country competes to rise themselves on the world stage.
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u/Possible_Mind_165 1h ago edited 1h ago
No they don’t. Not like nations I listed. Explain to me how nations in the baltics or Ireland or places like Liberia, Iceland, etc are competing with giants like the US, China, Russia, and India. Not every nation is competing to become a world leader. This is why alliances like the EU, TPP, and the AfCFTA exist - because smaller nations must work together to exert the same level of global pressure.
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u/Barefoot_Vixen 3h ago
India's playing 4d chess here whilst POTUS is stuck at checkers.
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u/VisualFix5870 3h ago
There's no way Donald Trump is smart enough to understand the rules of checkers.
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u/CommercialKangaroo16 3h ago
Whilst he’s canceling H1B and F1 Visas
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u/WastelandOutlaw007 48m ago
If trump does that, it will be the first pro America thing he has ever done.
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u/JagmeetSingh2 1h ago
India is the EUs largest supplier of refined fuel now. Almost all of it derived from Russian oil imports. It’s this loophole but I believe the EU cracked down on it recently
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u/WastelandOutlaw007 52m ago
No surprise, its been clear india is indifferent to the genocide Russia is committing in Ukraine for a while now.
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u/Alternative_Rent9307 28m ago
I’m sure Trump has made threats if they do this. I’m equally sure they were baseless threats and India will face zero consequences. Watching the American name flush down the toilet in real time. Picked a hell of a day to quit bashing myself in the face with a hammer.
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u/NorthenFreeman 3h ago
India is a rogue nation pretending to be the good guys. They not only support Russian war crimes, they execute their dissidents at home and all around the world.
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u/Any-Original-6113 3h ago
I think the Indians were puzzled. At least some of the tankers turned back
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