Peter Navarro accuses India of 'hijacking' X’s community notes over trade posts

Trump aide Peter Navarro

White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro again took to X to criticize India over its Russian oil purchases, this time accusing Indians who were fact-checking his posts of “hijacking” X’s Community Notes.

Taking a dig at contexts being added to his posts, Navarro, in a seven-part post, said, “India’s keyboard minions are hijacking X’s Community Notes to bury the facts. They’re furious about losing unfettered access to US markets—even as India, the Maharaja of Tariffs, keeps some of the world’s highest trade barriers."

🧵 India’s keyboard minions are hijacking X’s Community Notes to bury the facts. They’re furious about losing unfettered access to U.S. markets—even as India, the Maharaja of Tariffs, keeps some of the world’s highest trade barriers. pic.twitter.com/d72WoebqIa

— Peter Navarro (@RealPNavarro) September 9, 2025

He added, “Frenzied Indian partisans swarmed—and cobbled together a flimsy Community Note to protest the truth."

White House Trade Advisor Peter Navarro had previously warned that India “must come around" on trade negotiations with the US, or it “won’t end well" for Delhi.

In an interview with the Real America’s Voice show, Navarro said the Indian government takes offense to him and described India as the “Maharajah” of tariffs. “But it’s absolutely true. They have the highest tariffs in any major country in the world against the United States. We got to deal with that," Navarro added.