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The big story
A BOMBSHELL trade deal announced in celebratory social media posts is on the BRINK OF COLLAPSE, exposing a DANGEROUS rift between Washington and New Delhi and revealing what experts are calling a “FANTASY” agreement built on LIES and political grandstanding. President Trump’s claims of a historic pact with Prime Minister Modi are UNRAVELING in real time, threatening global economic stability.
Sources reveal the deal’s terms are not just ambitious—they are IMPOSSIBLE. India is being strong-armed into committing economic SUICIDE: slashing ALL tariffs on U.S. goods to zero, abandoning CRITICAL Russian oil supplies, and promising to purchase a STAGGERING $500 BILLION in American products. In return, the U.S. offers a meager tariff cut to 18%. The lopsided agreement has analysts warning of a DEVESTATING blow to India’s sovereignty and financial future.
THE TRUTH IS EMERGING, and it’s SHOCKING. Indian officials are already BACKTRACKING, fiercely protecting their agricultural sector—a direct contradiction to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer’s triumphant declaration of a “big win” for American farmers. Meanwhile, the demand to ditch Russian oil is a strategic NIGHTMARE that would CRIPPLE India’s economy and send energy costs SOARING for its 1.4 billion citizens.
This isn’t diplomacy; it’s a PUBLIC HUMILIATION. Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has accused Modi of a complete SURRENDER, branding him “Compromised.” With key state elections looming, Modi’s government is trapped between an unreliable American partner famous for reversing deals and the FURY of its own people. The “great friendship” touted by Trump is a FACADE, masking a brutal negotiation that could leave India’s economy in RUINS.
One terrifying question remains: Is this the moment India SACRIFICED its future on the altar of American political theater?
Author: Kayitsi.com
