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...Does the president regret what he said about our NATO allies and their service in Afghanistan?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent:
Again, I think President Trump is laser-focused on the strongest NATO possible, that he has worked to negotiate a settlement on Russia-Ukraine. The U.S. has made much bigger sacrifices than the Europeans have. We have put 25 percent tariffs on India for buying Russian oil. Guess what happened last week? The Europeans signed a trade deal with India.
They — and just to be clear again, the Russian oil goes into India, the refined products come out, and the Europeans buy the refined products. They are financing the war against themselves. So, President Trump’s leadership, we will eventually end this Ukraine-Russia war.
Neither Basant nor Lattu has much knowledge or understanding of these issues. They just make pro forma comments to make it look like there is serious policy at work.
Any deal with the US is not worth the paper it's printed on as the south Koreans have discovered. Bharat is diversifying it's markets at a hectic pace. Good stuff!
