'Batshit Insane': Deepak Shenoy Slams Donald Trump's 'One-Sided' Disaster Rant Over India's Trade With US

In a post on 'X', formerly Twitter, Shenoy wrote, "The US has a trade surplus with India in services. Trump is going batshit insane on this rant about India doing less trade, but we just buy a lot more from China, just like America does. We don't buy American defense products much, because they support Pakistan. We actually diverted a lot of oil purchases to the US after they removed some stupid rule that didn't allow them to export oil."

"The US has had a lot of tariffs, in textiles, specifically for India, for ages. There's a whole bunch of other non tariff barriers like the fdas sometimes illogical rulings on pharma cos. Trump is alienating India and we really want to get to a situation where we don't have to care." [sic]

The US has a trade surplus with India in services. Trump is going batshit insane on this rant about India doing less trade but we just buy a lot more from China just like America does. We don't buy American defense products much because they support pakistan. We actually diverted…

The social media post evoked reactions across netizens on the escalating trade tensions between the United States and India. A user pointed out, "And US anti dumping duty on Indian products is rampant", to which Shenoy replied, that India does the anti dumping duty but don't pretend that they have no tariffs.

Another asked, what if Trump imposes tariff on services, especially on the IT sector. Shenoy replied that it won't work because India will reverse tariff their service because that's not going to help."

We also do anti dumping duty but we don't pretend that we have no tariffs

It doesn't work cos we will reverse tariff their service cos where we have no tariffs and that's not going to help

India’s trade reality with the US is nuanced — surplus in services, deficits in goods, long-standing tariff walls from their side too. Trump’s rants ignore this balance. By overplaying pressure, he only pushes India towards real self-reliance and diversification.

He added that India sells to the US, “massive' amounts of goods, but they sell India very little. He called the relationship with India totally one sided and claims that this has been for many decades. He called trade with India a "totally one sided disaster!"

The Trump administration has imposed 25% reciprocal tariffs on India and an additional 25% levies for Delhi’s purchases of Russian oil, bringing the total duties imposed on India to 50%, among the highest in the world. PM Modi has asserted he can't compromise on the interests of farmers, cattle-rearers, small-scale industries, cautioning that even though pressure may increase, India will bear it.