India, Oct. 23 -- US President Donald Trump appears unwilling to back down from his claim that India will soon snap its oil trade ties with Russia. Reiterating the assertion on Thursday, he added a specific figure this time: "By the end of the year, they'll be down to almost nothing, about 40 percent of the (Russian) oil."

Just like his claim to have brokered the ceasefire between India and Pakistan, people would soon lose count of how many times Donald Trump has claimed that India would end its oil trade with Russia.

"India, as you know, has told me they are going to stop...it's a process. You can't just stop (buying oil from Russia)," Trump said in his fresh remarks from the White House, further recalling that he spoke to Prime Minist...