NEW DELHI: US President Donald Trump's statement that the United States of America was now going to "run the country", adding that American companies would rebuild Venezuela's battered oil industry, continues to dominate news headlines with Washington's media digging for details.
And soon after the weekend Caracas raid, Trump indicated that Washington could further increase tariffs on Indian goods if it did not stop buying Russian oil.
The US has already applied additional punitive duty on India over a "reciprocal tariff" over this issue.
The West has been critical of New Delhi for buying discounted Russian seaborne crude, claiming it helped Moscow fund the war in Ukraine, despite many European nations still sourcing Russian energy.