‘Don’t Know Anything About It…’: Trump On US Imports Of Russian Uranium, Chemical Fertilisers

<p>Donald Trump on Tuesday said he knew nothing about the US importing Uranium and chemical fertilisers from Russia while heavily criticising India for importing Russian oil.&nbsp;</p>
<p>”I don’t know anything about it. I have to check it out,” said the US President when asked about India’s mention that Washington was singling it out unfairly while itself continuing business with Russia.</p>
<p>Trump has been criticising India for its oil imports from Russia amid the Ukraine war while maintaining a neutral stance on it. On Monday, the Ministry of External Affairs issued a statement defending its oil trade with Russia.&nbsp;</p>
<p>New Delhi accused the US and the European Union of hypocrisy.&nbsp;</p>
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<p dir=”ltr” lang=”en”><a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WATCH?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>#WATCH</a> | Responding to ANI’s question on US imports of Russian Uranium, chemical fertilisers while criticising their (Indian) energy imports’, US President Donald Trump says, “I don’t know anything about it. I have to check…” <br /><br />(Source: US Network Pool via Reuters) <a href=”https://t.co/OOejcaGz2t”>pic.twitter.com/OOejcaGz2t</a></p>
&mdash; ANI (@ANI) <a href=”https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1952877566047449426?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”>August 5, 2025</a></blockquote>
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<p>The MEA, in its statement, highlighted that American companies continue to purchase uranium hexafluoride for the nuclear industry, palladium for the EV sector, fertilisers, and chemicals from Russia — while pressuring India to scale back its own trade ties.&nbsp;</p>
<p>New Delhi termed the criticism by Trump and his administration as “unjustified and unreasonable” and said India’s energy purchases are dictated by economic necessity.&nbsp;</p>
<p>It also pointed out that Washington had earlier “actively encouraged such imports by India to strengthen global energy markets stability.”</p>
<p>Meanwhile, Trump suggested imposing a 100 per cent tariff on countries that continue to buy energy from Russia, including China.</p>
<p>”I never said a percentage, but we’ll be doing quite a bit of that. We’ll see what happens over the next fairly short period of time. But we will see what happens… We have a meeting with Russia tomorrow. We’re going to see what happens,” Trump said.</p>