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New Delhi, Sept 23 2025 (ANI): Former Union Minister of State (MoS) for External Affairs and Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Tuesday strongly objected to "offensive" statements on India made by US president Donald Trump and his trade advisor Peter Navarro, saying that there was no need to use such language given that the two nations were getting "closer". Speaking to ANI, Tharoor asserted that India was being dealt "unfairly" when it came to the imposition of tariffs. "The unfairness of this has definitely created a very strong backlash in India, and the accompanying insults, both by Trump's own language in his statements and tweets. Subsequently, the extremely offensive statements by his advisor (Peter) Navarro have gotten a backlash across the country. If there's no particular problem in a relationship of 30 years, which has been getting toward greater closeness, why would you use this kind of language about India? This was not at all appreciated," the Congress MP said. Taking a swipe at the US president, Tharoor stated that Trump thinks of tariffs as "magic instruments" that could solve multiple problems, such as reducing the deficit in his country and furthering his political agenda.Tharoor asserted that Trump intended to engage with his political base, where American manufacturers employ American workers to accelerate the manufacturing process. He said, "The US president intends to make imported items more expensive by levying tariffs to push the American manufacturers to start doing things in America." "What went wrong to begin with is that...
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