White House advisor Peter Navarro criticized India's Russian oil imports in an op-ed after Trump announced new tariffs targeting India and other countries buying Russian energy.

The dramatic increase in India’s buying of Russian oil since the invasion of Ukraine is “opportunistic and deeply corrosive” of a global effort to isolate the Kremlin and curb Vladimir Putin’s war machine,

WH trade advisor Peter Navarro termed India’s oil trade with Russia “opportunistic” and “corrosive” to global efforts being made to isolate the Russian economy.