Overview

• Peter Navarro escalated his critique by calling India’s Russian oil purchases “blood money,” posting expletive‑laced attacks as X appended new Community Notes to multiple posts.
• After his initial claim was flagged, Navarro attacked Elon Musk, alleged “foreign” and “Indian special interests” on X, and launched a user poll that has drawn a strong majority in favor of the Community Notes feature.
• X’s notes state India’s purchases serve energy security and do not violate sanctions, while citing continued U.S. imports of Russian commodities such as uranium to highlight a double standard.
• Musk defended Community Notes as a public, crowd‑sourced system that corrects everyone without exceptions, even as Navarro continued reposting his allegations.
• India’s Ministry of External Affairs rejected Navarro’s remarks as “inaccurate and misleading,” and the broader dispute continues under Trump administration tariffs that were raised to about 50% with justification tied to India’s Russian crude purchases.