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White House trade adviser Peter Navarro cranked up pressure on India to halt its purchases of Russian oil, repeating accusations that New Delhi is funding the Kremlin’s campaign in Ukraine and casting the conflict as “Modi’s war”.

Speaking immediately after the Trump administration doubled tariffs on India to 50% — an effort to secure concessions on trade, while also pressuring Russia — Navarro reiterated that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was funding “the war machine.”

“I mean Modi’s war, because the road to peace runs, in part, through New Delhi,” Navarro said Wednesday on Bloomberg Television’s Balance of Power.

Bloomberg Washington Correspondents Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz deliver insight and analysis on the latest headlines from the White House and Capitol Hill, including conversations with influential lawmakers and key figures in politics and policy. On this edition, Joe speaks with:

• Bloomberg Senior White House and National Security Editor Michelle Jamrisko.
• Bloomberg Washington Correspondent Tyler Kendall.
• Bloomberg International Economic and Policy Correspondent Michael McKee.
• Former US Deputy Attorney General Donald Ayer.
• Harvard Kennedy School's Ash Center Democracy Visiting Fellow Jeanne Sheehan Zaino and former RNC Communications Director Lisa Camooso Miller.