Again, we can't let those partners treat us badly, however, we do better in many ways frankly with our foes than we do with our friends.

The ones that wouldn't be as friendly to us in some cases treat us better than the ones that are supposed to be friendly, like the European Union, which treats us terribly on trade.

India and everybody would think of them as an ally, the US president said, adding, I can say the same for others.

But this is a group of wonderful nations that is countering other countries that look to hurt us on trade.

Trump has repeatedly criticised the high tariffs charged by India.

He has said that India is a very high tariff nation and reiterated that reciprocal tariffs on countries that impose levies on American goods will kick in on April 2.

In the past, Trump has called India "tariff king" and a big abuser.

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