US President Donald Trump highlighted his ‘very close’ relationship with Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a briefing in the UK on Thursday. The POTUS also urged European countries to stop buying Russian oil — claiming the war in Ukraine would end if prices fell. Trump also claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin had “let him down” over the ongoing conflict with Ukraine — calling it his “biggest disappointment”.
“I’m very close to India. I’m very close to prime minister of India. I spoke to him the other day. Wished him a happy birthday. We have a very good relationship and he put out a beautiful statement too. But I sanctioned them,” Trump said.
“Very simply, if the price of oil comes down, Putin is going to drop out. He’s going to have no choice. He’s going to drop out of that war. And when I found out that the European nations were buying oil from Russia…” he added.