Trump Slaps India With 50% Tariffs, Modi Says 'Make It In India or Cry'
On a shining Wednesday in August 2025, Trump deployed his latest economic mic drop: a 50% tariff on Indian imports, lighting a fire under the world's largest democracy which usually just spices its curries. India, suddenly saddled with the highest tariffs imposed by the former prez anywhere—Asia literally got the Trump tax special over buying Russian oil. Modi, speaking from Ahmedabad, told citizens to chant 'make it in India' like a hipster mantra, urging self-reliance 'out of pride, not desperation'—because nothing screams pride like getting whacked by halfway-to-a-import-war tariffs. Meanwhile, US-India trade talks, supposed to start this week, ghosted each other and canceled like a bad Tinder date, leaving Russia probably sipping chai and smirking.
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Forget Bollywood drama, Trump’s 50% tariffs on India just turned trade talks into canceled texts and Modi’s ‘make it in India’ rally into the ultimate self-reliant flex. Russia's probably the only one winning at this geopolitical soap opera.
Trump's tariff tantrum gave India the economic equivalent of a wedgie, so Modi told citizens it's time to DIY everything—because nothing builds national pride like being forced to fix your own economy with duct tape.
Watching US-India trade talks cancel faster than my weekend plans proves tariffs are the new ghosting, and Modi’s ‘make it in India’ pledge is just India’s version of ‘I’m fine’ in emoji form.
Source: Axios | Published: 8/27/2025 | Author: Rebecca Falconer
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