Overview

• Peter Navarro said BRICS nations "hate each other," predicted the grouping "won't stay together," and likened their exports to the U.S. to "vampires" in a Real America's Voice interview.
• He urged India to stop buying Russian oil, derided New Delhi as the "Maharajah of tariffs," and warned it "won’t end well" for India if it aligns with Russia and China.
• Former Indian foreign secretary Kanwal Sibal called Navarro a "total hypocrite," defended BRICS as a functioning platform, and questioned U.S. resolve against China.
• Geopolitical strategist Velina Tchakarova countered that BRICS will outlive Navarro’s career, rejecting his forecast of the bloc’s collapse.
• Navarro’s claims about India-Russia oil trade continue to be fact-checked on X, where Community Notes and Elon Musk have publicly challenged his assertions; the recent U.S. tariff hike on Indian imports to roughly 50% remains part of the backdrop.