India, Aug. 16 -- Prominent economist Jeffrey Sachs called US President Donald Trump's tariffs on India 'stupid, saying that it "serves no purpose"

Calling Trump 'delusional', Sachs said that the US has exercised its dominant power for so long, they think that they can boss every other part of the world around.

"This makes no sense. It's not true. It's failing. Putting the surcharge on India was as stupid as it could be from any norm. It serves no purpose," Sachs told ANI.

Sachs said Trump hates the BRICS bloc because the countries stand up to the US and say that Washington doesn't run the world.

"Everything about the tariffs is wrong. It's destructive for the US economy. It violates international law. It's a breakdown of our politica...