Trump has found his "pressure valve": If he can't reach an agreement with Putin, India is about to be sanctioned!
Before the Putin-Trump meeting, Trump has already found his "pressure valve."
According to BBC, on the 13th, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bensons made a public warning to India during an interview, stating that if the meeting between Trump and Putin in Alaska does not yield results, India will face higher "secondary sanctions" tariffs from the United States over its purchase of Russian oil.
This is not all. Bensons also urged Europe to join the US in sanctioning India, rather than "pointing fingers at what the US should do" from the sidelines.
Well, it's likely that India's first reaction to Bensons' proposal would be feeling like "the sky is falling": The meeting between Trump and Putin is clearly a matter between the US and Russia, what does it have to do with India? Why should India be sanctioned if Trump and Putin fail to reach an agreement?
However, this is the unreasonable America. In the past, India, relying on its "anti-China" value within the Western bloc, didn't feel the unreasonable side of the United States, but who let India lose the May 7th India-Pakistan air battle?
This air battle was not only a failure for the Indian Air Force, but also shattered India's utilization value for the West, especially making the United States realize that India is also a country that appears strong but is actually weak on the inside.
Therefore, for Trump, the choice becomes obvious: He indeed can't deal with China and Russia, but extorting India is certainly easy.
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