Blitz Bureau
NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump’s Trade Advisor Peter Navarro on September 8 launched a sharp attack on Elon Musk’s platform X and criticised India for buying Russian oil, calling it “blood money”. In a post, Navarro used an expletive and claimed that India did not purchase Russian oil in large quantities before the Ukraine war.
“Fact: India didn’t buy Russian oil in large quantities before Russia invaded Ukraine. It’s blood money and people are dying,” he wrote. This comes after a heated exchange between Navarro and Musk on X. Navarro had earlier accused India of buying Russian oil “purely to profit” and criticised the Indian Government’s stance, saying: “Stop killing Ukrainians. Stop taking American jobs.”
He also slammed Musk for allowing what he called “crap notes” on X after his comments were flagged by community notes as misleading. Responding to the attack, Musk had said: “On this platform, the people decide the narrative… You hear all sides of an argument. Community Notes corrects everyone, no exceptions. Notes data code is public source. Grok provides further fact-checking.” India’s Ministry of External Affairs also dismissed Navarro’s allegations, calling them “inaccurate and misleading statements”.
