India, July 31 -- Day after imposing 25 per cent tariffs on India, United States President Donald Trump said that tariffs were making "America great and rich again."

In a post on Truth Social, Trump claimed that tariffs had been used against the US for decades. ".Coupled with really dumb, pathetic, and crooked politicians, (the tariffs) were having a devastating impact on the future, and even the survival, of our country," he said.

He added that the "tide has completely turned", and that the US had successfully countered the "onslaught of tariffs against it".

"ONE YEAR AGO, AMERICA WAS A DEAD COUNTRY, NOW IT IS THE "HOTTEST"COUNTRY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!" Trump said in the post.

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