India, Feb. 20 -- President Donald Trump has said that he told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the US will impose reciprocal tariffs on India, claimed that he brushed away India's objections to his decision during their meeting at the White House last week, and indicated that Tesla building a factory in India was "very unfair" to the US.

Trump reiterated his claims about India's high tariffs, a point that was reinforced by Elon Musk, Tesla's owner and the head of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), in a joint interview the two most powerful men in America gave to Fox News. The interview was recorded earlier but broadcast on Tuesday night eastern time (Wednesday morning IST).

Reiterating his claim that "every country" took adva...