Chicago – February 21, 2025
Days after PM Narendra Modi met Tesla CEO Elon Musk, US President Donald Trump has said that any potential plans by the EV maker to build a factory in India would be ‘very unfair’. Trump’s comments came as part of a conversation with Elon Musk on Sean Hannity’s programme.
During the interview, the US President, who commenced his second term in January, highlighted his persistent stance on global exploitation of the US through tariffs. He said, “…every country in the world takes advantage of us, and they do it with tariffs. They makes — make it — it’s impossible for him to sell a car, practically, in, as an example, India. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but I think —”
Musk verified this by saying, “The tariffs are like 100% import duty,” to which Trump concurred, describing the tariffs as “so high.”
