India, China are the ‘primary funders’ of Russian war: Trump

24 SEPTEMBER 2025

Taking his oft-repeated allegations against India to the floor of the UN General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump accused India and China of being “primary funders” of the Russian war in Ukraine by continuing to purchase Russian oil.
“[It is] inexcusable that even NATO countries have not cut off much Russian energy and Russian energy products,” he added.
In August 2025, Indian External Affairs Ministry had issued a statement claiming that the U.S. continued trade in other items, including critical minerals, with Russia.
Despite accusations against multiple countries and the fact that China imports more Russian energy than India, the U.S. has singled out India by imposing “penalty tariffs” of 25%, effectively doubling the tariffs on Indian goods.
He claimed again that he stopped the India-Pakistan conflict during Operation Sindoor in May 2025.
Mr. Trump counted the India-Pakistan conflict among the “seven wars” he ended, claiming that “in all cases they were raging with countless, thousands of people being killed”.
Mr. Trump listed the conflicts between “Cambodia and Thailand, Kosovo and Serbia, Congo and Rwanda… Pakistan and India, Israel and Iran, Egypt and Ethiopia, and Armenia and Azerbaijan”.