New Delhi, July 31 -- Day after imposing 25% tarrif on Indian exports to the US, President Donald Trump refered to India and Russia as "dead economies" and said on Thursday, "I don't care what India does with Russia. They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care."

Trump's latest remarks came after he announced that the US would impose 25% tarrif on Indian exports, plus a penalty, starting August 1. On July 30, he had criticised India's relationship with Russia, saying India has always bought a vast majority of their military equipment and energy from Russia, which was "not good."

On July 31, Trump said in a new post on TRUTH social, "We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the h...