'Getting Under The Skin Of America': Trump's Top Aide Slams India's Russian Arms Purchase
The United States has publicly expressed its displeasure on India buying arms from Russia. U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has termed New Delhi's action akin to "getting under the skin of America". India has been a long-time buyer of Russian arms, an issue which has strained its ties with the U.S. Russian-supplied S-400 missile system proved to be a gamechanger for India in its conflict with Pakistan.
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