New Delhi, Sept. 12 -- Donald Trump admitted on Friday that imposing tariffs on India for buying Russian oil soured the relations between India and the US, stating that it "caused a rift" with India.

"Look, India was their biggest customer. I put a 50 per cent tariff on India because they're buying oil from Russia. That's not an easy thing to do. That's a big deal and it causes a rift with India," Trump said in an interview with Fox News on Friday.

US-India ties have been strained following Trump's imposition of 50 per cent tariffs on all Indian goods, with the POTUS and his aide Peter Navarro repeatedly criticising India's energy ties with Russia.

"But I've already done it. I've done a lot," Trump added in his interview.

"And remembe...