‘Glad US president stated a fact’: Rahul Gandhi on Trump’s ‘dead economy’ remark on India

Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi said on Thursday he was glad that United States President Donald Trump “stated a fact” by calling the Indian economy a dead one, PTI reported.

Gandhi claimed that everyone knew this except Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.

“The entire world knows that the Bharatiya Janata Party has ended the Indian economy,” the Congress leader further said. “Why? To help [industrialist Gautam] Adani.”

In a separate post on X, Gandhi accused Modi of killing the economy, citing demonetisation, a “flawed GST”, and a “failed Assemble in India” initiative. He added that micro, small, and medium enterprises had been “wiped out” and farmers had been “crushed”.

VIDEO | On US President Donald Trump calling Indian economy a 'dead economy', Congress MP and Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) says,

"Yes, he is right. I mean, everybody knows this except PM Modi and the Finance Minister. It is a dead economy. I am glad that the US… pic.twitter.com/8r0kLdFEsV— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) July 31, 2025

Earlier in the day, Trump said that he does not care about “what India does with Russia” and that “they can take their dead economies down together, for all I care”.

“We have done very little business with India, their tariffs are too high, among the highest...

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