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Navarro fumes after X fact-checks anti-India posts
His remarks come at a time when tensions between Washington and New Delhi are already running high following the Trump administration’s steep tariff hikes on Indian exports.
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Malvika Choudhary - Mon, 08, Sep 2025
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Peter Navarro / Reuters
US President Donald Trump’s trade advisor, Peter Navarro, faced public criticism on Sept. 8 after social media platform X flagged his posts alleging Indian interference in American discourse.
Navarro accused “Indian special interests” of manipulating content and spreading propaganda, after his post on India profiteering from its purchases of Russian oil, were fact -checked by X and flagged as false information.
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However, X’s Community Notes flagged his claims as misleading and clarified that fact-checks on X were conducted through a global crowdsourcing process and were not influenced by any foreign actors.
In response, Navarro accused X of being manipulated to spread propaganda and launched a poll to determine whether such community posts should be allowed on the social media platform. After 74 percent users voted yes, Navarro tweeted, “India has largest population in the world & all it can do is manage few hundred thousand X propagandists to jerk around a poll? Too funny. America: look at how foreign interests use our social media to advance their agenda.”
India has largest population in the world & all it can do is manage few hundred thousand X propagandists to jerk around a poll? Too funny. America: look at how foreign interests use our social media to advance their agenda. https://t.co/XiMZYZdFGo
— Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) September 8, 2025
He also criticized X founder Elon Musk for allegedly allowing propaganda concerning India, tweeting: “Wow. @elonmusk is letting propaganda into people's posts. That crap note below is just that. Crap. India buys Russia oil solely to profiteer. It didn't buy any before Russia invaded Ukraine. Indian govt spin machine moving high tilt. Stop killing Ukrainians. Stop taking American jobs.”
Musk defended X’s fact-checking system, stating that users determine narratives and that Community Notes provides corrective context for all content. “On this platform, the people decide the narrative. You hear all sides of an argument. Community Notes corrects everyone, no exceptions. Notes, data & code is public source. Grok provides further fact-checking,” Musk said.
Navarro’s latest remarks follow Trump’s imposition of 50 percent tariffs on Indian imports. Despite Trump later describing India as a “special partner” and Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “friend,” Navarro has maintained a combative tone, calling India a “laundromat for the Kremlin” and even accusing “Brahmins” of profiteering from oil trade — a comment India’s foreign ministry dismissed as “inaccurate.’”
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