"India will say sorry and make a deal": US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick

The Commerce secretary of the united states has said india will say sorry and resume trade with US like canada which made a shift in the foregin policy and warned india of severe consequences if not obeyed the US. He also criticised india's participation in the BRICS and asked to pause all the russian oil pruchasing. 

"They're Gonna say they are sorry" says US Commerce secretary howard lutnick 

• Closest aid to President Donald trump and United states's commerce secretary howard lutnick, has targeted india, after the continuous criticism by trump's ministers like peter navarro. In a interview with bloomberg, he said India is going to be sorry for what they are doing and try to make a deal with donald trump. He threathened that if india doesn't bows down and agree to what united states dictates, they have to face serious repercussions. 
• He asked india to exit from BRICS, a organization to counter the power of united states and its dominance of dollars, Drop all the russian oil purchasing which is according to commerce secretary peter navarro only profiteering the brahmins of india and support the US only. 
• He said “So, I think yes, in a month or two months, I think India is going to be at the table, and they're going to say they're sorry, and they're going to try to make a deal with Donald trump, and it will be on Donald Trump's desk how he wants to deal with narendra modi and we leave that to him. That's why he's the President,” in a interview with bloomberg. On being asked his opinion on BRICS he said . “They're the vowel between Russia and China (in BRICS). If that's who you want to be, go be it."
• He added the US is always welcoming of having trade negotiations referring to countries like india and china “We are the consumer of the world. People have to remember, it's our $30 trillion economy that is the consumer of the world. So eventually they all have to come back to the customer, because we all know eventually the customer is always right,”
• He said that going against the biggest in the world is only lose and US is the biggest client in the world. “So I think what happens is it's all bravado, because you think it feels good to fight with the biggest client in the world, but eventually your businesses are going to say you've got to stop this and go make a deal with America.” he gave the example of mark carney. 
• Earlier that day, Donald trump made a comment that people thought was the outcome of SCO Summit where leaders like Modi, Xi and putin met. he posted on x 

Well, this will simplify any future historian’s task in the “who lost India” debate. pic.twitter.com/ULmK0Nsg8d

— Christopher Clary (@clary_co) September 5, 2025