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It's really wild...a billion people in that country too, not a smart move.

Because the US has treated its allies well over the last few years?

I can understand why some are looking elsewhere.

It is the absolutely correct move. Indian-Russian relations have always been stable while US relations are always topsy-turvy depending on the administration in power. The US has now also re-kindled its love affair with Pakistan with resumption of military supplies. Looks like Trump forgot about 9/11 and that Osama Bin Laden's compound was just 1km away from the Pakistan Military Academy.

Please note that Ukraine-India relations were never that great due to Kashmir. Ukraine voted against India at UNSC several times pushing for UN intervention and support for Indian sanctions. (If you support referendum for Kashmir, why object to Donetsk referendum?)

Funny thing is that processed oil products (jet fuel/diesel) are in the tariff exempt list. Yes, US purchased jet fuel (reprocessed Russian oil) from India in 2025.

That's right, he's the president of peace.

Such a well thought out response.

So India should ignore how US has been funding a terrorist nation on their border, and hate Putin for a war that is half-the-planet away?

Sorry, but the world does not revolve around USA :)

Calling Trump's bluff is rarely an unwise move.

China was similarly unmoved by the threats America made.

Europe was moved and they got an absolutely horrible trade deal.

China simply imports less from the US - about a fifth of what it imports - so yes the US has the upper hand here.

The US exports very little to China, most of which is easily substitutable (e.g. soybeans, corn, oil) and imports a lot, most of which isnt substitutable (e.g. electronics).

The substituability story was different ~5-10 years ago and a lot of Americans havent noticed yet that China is now just as good at building wide body airplanes and chips.

No prizes for guessing who has the upper hand in negotiations.

This is the problem in my opinion, if you've grown up believing only the US can do amazing things, then maybe you need a firmware update because that's no longer the world we live in.

Meh, they made empty promises that dont require them to change pretty much anything.

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