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Ex-Pentagon official Michael Rubin said US President Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for bringing India and Russia closer. He took a jibe at Trump after Putin’s visit to India.
US President Donald Trump. (File photo)
A former Pentagon official said that US President Donald Trump deserves a “Nobel Prize for bringing India and Russia together.” Speaking on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India, Michael Rubin said, “it is seen as Trump’s gross incompetence” by the majority of US people. The ex-Pentagon official’s jibe at Trump came as Putin concluded his two-day visit to India.
Speaking to ANI, Rubin said, “From Russia’s perspective, the visit is extremely positive, and India has bestowed honours on Vladimir Putin that he can hardly get anywhere else in the world. I would actually argue that Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for bringing India and Russia together the way he did… How many of these agreements (MoUs) are actually going to come to fruition? How many of the decisions being made now are motivated by a true melding of interests? How many are being motivated by animosity towards the way in which President Donald Trump has treated Prime Minister Modi and India more broadly…?”
#WATCH | Washington, DC, USA | “Donald Trump deserves a Nobel Prize for bringing India and Russia together the way he did”, says Former Pentagon official Michael Rubin on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India.He further says, “From Russia’s perspective, the visit… pic.twitter.com/vYXcVTwP7M
— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2025
Michael Rubin further said that the US is being “hypocritical” by “lecturing” India on its purchase of discounted oil from Russia, as Washington itself is involved in trade with Moscow, and justified New Delhi’s position to prioritise its needs.
The Former Pentagon official noted that India is soon to become the world’s third-largest economy and has its own energy needs, criticising the US’s imposition of an additional 50 per cent tariff on Indian imports in August due to its purchase of Russian oil, which Washington claims fuels Moscow’s war efforts in Ukraine.
Speaking with ANI, Michael Rubin said, “What Americans don’t understand is that Indians elected Prime Minister Modi to represent Indian interests. India is the most populous country. It’s soon going to become the World’s third-largest economy, and for that, it needs energy. The US is being hypocritical because we purchase from Russia. We purchase goods and materials for which we don’t have alternative markets. We are being hypocritical when we lecture India.”
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December 06, 2025, 17:16 IST
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