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India’s prime minister tried his best to be friends with Donald Trump. But the US president’s 50% tariffs on Indian goods has upended more than a decade of careful diplomacy, and handed a victory to China.

bloom.bgTrump’s Bullying of India Is Straight From Xi’s PlaybookBy using tariffs as a foreign policy tool, the US president is legitimizing China’s own acts of economic coercion.

8/8/25, 4:02 pm14 reposts44 likes

wideblue.bsky.social

@wideblue.bsky.social

8 Aug 2025

We are rapidly becoming like Russia, a third world country with nukes and a population of paupers and oligarchs.

Phoenician

@phoenician.bsky.social

8 Aug 2025

They have been buying Russian oil for some time, in direct violation of sanctions.

olym1976.bsky.social

@olym1976.bsky.social

8 Aug 2025

Wait. More brown people kicked out of the club? Bet Usha et al didn’t see this coming. It’s a MAGA feature folks. Not a bug.