'Brahmins profiteering off Indian people': Trump aide Peter Navarro makes a casteist jibe to justify 50% tariff on India

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro told Fox News that “You got Brahmins profiteering at the expense of the Indian people. We need that to stop,” accusing parts of Indias elite of benefiting from discounted Russian crude. He defended the Trump administrations 50 per cent tariff on Indian goods and linked the trade pattern to Prime Minister Narendra Modis meetings with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping. Navarro said the oil purchases, he alleges, help finance the war in Ukraine and increase pressure on US taxpayers.