Overview

• Residents paraded a towering clay-and-hay likeness of President Donald Trump through Nagpur on Saturday during the Marbat festival, drawing large crowds.
• Placards in the procession denounced the duties with messages predicting economic blowback for the U.S. and accusing Washington of hypocrisy over Russian energy.
• Video of the event shared by ANI showed the garlanded effigy in a red suit and yellow tie being wheeled and spun through the streets as participants chanted slogans.
• The Marbat Utsav, a 19th-century Nagpur tradition of parading and burning effigies symbolizing social ills, has evolved into a forum for commentary on current affairs.
• Trump’s August 6 order lifted total U.S. tariffs on Indian goods to 50%, citing India’s purchases of Russian oil; the first phase is in force and an additional 25% takes effect on August 27, a move India has called unfair and vowed to resist while maintaining energy ties with Moscow.