New Delhi/Tianjin, Aug. 31 -- US decision to impose tariffs on India for purchasing Russian oil is a "disrespectful and ignorant policy", American journalist and political commentator Rick Sanchez and host of the 'Sanchez Effect' on Russia Today, has said while noting that Donald Trump sometimes makes decisions based on "grudges and non-scientific thinking" and that India has been "very smart to hold its ground."

In an interview with ANI, Rick Sanchez said the US decision on secondary tariffs is "extremely preposterous in the eyes of most people" and amounts to treating India like schoolchildren who need to be told what to do.

He asserted that "India's the big boy, not a schoolchild" and when New Delhi conveyed that the US cannot tell f...