Donald Trump in threatening former Russian president Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev to “watch his words” after the latter told Trump to remember that Moscow possessed Soviet-era nuclear strike capabilities of last resort, described Indian economy as “dead.”

The US president in his post on Thursday said he didn’t care what India – one of Russia’s biggest oil buyers along with China – did with Russia.

“They can take their dead economies down together, for all I care. We have done very little business with India, their Tariffs are too high, among the highest in the World.” Trump wrote

However, his utterance has triggered different reaction from India as the Leader of the Opposition party in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi agrees with his statement, who while talking to the press joyfully expressed solidarity with Trumps logic.

According to Gandhi: “Yes, Trump is right. Everybody knows that the Indian economy is a dead economy except the Prime Minister and the Finance Minister. I am glad that President Trump has stated a fact.”

On the other hand, Congress MP Rajeev Shukla disagrees, “… Trump saying that the economies of India and Russia are dead, is wrong, the Indian economy is not dead.

“Economic reforms were made when PV Narasimha Rao and Manmohan Singh were there. Atal Bihari Vajpayee took those reforms forward, Manmohan Singh strengthened it in the 10 years. The current government has also worked on it, our economic condition is not at all weak.

“If someone claims they can finish us economically, it’s likely due to a misunderstanding, Trump is living in a delusion, imposing tariffs is wrong.

“Every nation has the right to trade with the nation it wants, restricting them, speaking against the BRICS, speaking against trade and import from Russia, this is not right”

The IMF projects a 1.9% growth for the US in 2025 with a population of 347 million, and a 6.4% growth for India with a population of 1.46 billion, according to BBC. This is based on the IMF’s World Economic Outlook released on July 29, 2025