Washington, Aug. 19 -- United States Senator Lindsey Graham said that the US must 'crush' the Russian economy by penalising countries that buy oil from them.

If this were to happen, the move would also affect India, which has lately been a bone of contention for Trump.

In a post on X, Graham said, "My advice to President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio is to convince Putin that if this war does not come to an end, we will crush the Russian economy by going after countries that buy their cheap oil and gas."

The comments by Graham appear lopsided, as Russian President Vladimir Putin noted during Alaska's press conference with Trump on August 16 that bilateral trade between the two nations has increased by 20 per cent sinc...