'Ours will be the greatest of them all': Trump praises India Gate as he plans triumphal arch in Washington

US President Donald Trump on Monday shared a photograph of New Delhi’s iconic India Gate on his social media platform, Truth Social, as he reiterated his vision of building a massive triumphal arch in Washington, DC.

Posting the image, Trump wrote, “India’s beautiful Triumphal Arch. Ours will be the greatest of them all!” The post came amid his renewed push for what he has described as an “Independence Arch” in the US capital.



US President Donald Trump has claimed that India will be purchasing oil from Venezuela instead of Iran. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One while flying to Palm Beach in Florida on Saturday, Trump made the remarks while responding to a question on whether China would recover money it had lent to Venezuela in exchange for oil supplies.

“China is welcome to come in and would make a great deal on oil. We welcome China. We’ve already made a deal. India is coming in, and they’re going to be buying Venezuelan oil as opposed to buying it from Iran. So we’ve already made that deal, the concept of the deal,” he said.

There was no immediate reaction from New Delhi on Trump’s comments. India had been a major buyer of Iranian oil until 2019, when imports were significantly reduced following the reimposition of US sanctions on Tehran.

Trump’s comments come against the backdrop of US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela and its pressure on major energy-importing countries to avoid buying crude from nations under restrictions.