'He Loves Me': Trump Claims Modi Has Assured Him India Will Not Buy Russian Oil

Trump's claims come amid India defending its oil imports from Moscow as essential for economic stability.

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00:00I think they were great he reported to me that you're great he's a great man you know Modi is a

00:16great man that he he loves Trump now I don't know if the word love I don't want you to take that

00:22any different I don't want to destroy his political career okay but you have to understand I've

00:26watched India for years it's an incredible country and every single year you'd have a new leader I

00:32mean some would be in there for a few months and this was year after year after year and my friend

00:38has been there now for a long time and he is and he's assured me there will be no oil purchased from

00:43Russia I don't know maybe that's a breaking story can I say that would you say there will be no oil

00:47he's not buying his oil from Russia it started you know you can't do it immediately it's a little bit

00:52of a process but the process is going to be over with soon and all we want from President Putin is

00:58stop this stop killing Ukrainians and stop killing Russians because he's killing a lot of Russians

01:04again it doesn't make him look good it's a war that he should have won in one week and he's now

01:10going into his fourth year that does not look this make this big so-called war machine look good

01:17but he could make a settlement we're willing to settle I thought we had a deal the hatred of the

01:24two leaders is very you know it's an obstacle it's an obstacle there's no question about it but

01:29I thought we had a deal two months ago who would think I created peace in the Middle East

01:36and can't get the two guys to settle but I think we'll get them but if India doesn't buy oil

01:43it makes it much easier and they're not going to buy they they assured me they will within a short

01:48period of time they will not be buying oil from Russia and they'll go back to Russia after the war is

01:52open over