The Indian Times on Monday that U.S. Senator William Haggerty said in a speech that "China has melted Indian soldiers with electromagnetic weapons."

This news quickly caused ridicule among netizens.

Image by William Haggerty.

In a discussion on India in the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the 11th, Hagerty said that China had used electromagnetic weapons against Indian soldiers. "China used electromagnetic weapons to directly melt Indian soldiers," Hagerty said in his speech. He also emphasized that when he said "melting", he meant "literally melt".

According to the analysis of military professional media such as China's military network, electromagnetic weapons can effectively destroy electronic components in enemy weapons equipment, causing them to fail or damage, the weapon will also produce radiation and other injuries to the human body, but will not produce the high heat that can melt the human body.

Therefore, the "military blindness" speech by Indian media has quickly caused the ridicule of many netizens.

Some netizens say they are curious about how Haggetty learned this "news" and question why he can cite completely unchecked news in such important decisions.

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¡°China and the BRICS ¨C India wants to be better with us.¡±

U.S. ambassador to India Sergei Gor, who has not yet taken office, has provoked China-India relations.

According to Reuters and Hong Kong's South China Morning Post, on September 11, local time, when Gore attended the Senate nomination confirmation hearing, he promised to bring the relationship between the United States and India closer and urged India to open its market to American goods and stop buying Russian oil.

Gore also stated that India and China had little in common, and that it was unlikely that closer relations would be established, and that the US-India relationship would be "much warmer".

It¡¯s a great trip, with Ruby on board.

According to the information, Gore is 38 years old, as the director of the office of personnel of the President of the White House, responsible for the recruitment of various departments of the Trump administration, for his loyalty to Trump, his hard work style has been controversial, and was publicly referred to by Musk as "snakes".

Last month, U.S. President Donald Trump announced the appointment of Mr. Gore as U.S. Ambassador to India and as the Special Envoy for South and Central Asia.

At that time, a source revealed that Trump sent Gore to India to send a "strong signal" to the Indian government that the US-India trade negotiations needed to be taken seriously, and all information came directly from Trump himself.

Trump and Gore (right) Social Media

According to public information, Gorkovsky was born in November 1986 in Tashkent, the northeastern Uzbek city of the Soviet Union, with his family moved to Malta in 1994 and emigrated to Los Angeles in 1999.

Gore has held multiple positions for Trump over the years and has maintained close relationships with many people around Trump, including his son Donald Trump Jr. Gore had previously assisted in creating a publishing company that paid Trump millions of dollars to publish his books after his first term ended. In 2024, he ran a pro-Trump super PAC.

Obviously, the top Trump administration attaches great importance to Gore.

According to reports, U.S. Secretary of State Rubio accompanied Gore to the hearing on 11th. The two sat side by side, and Rubio was also in charge of introducing Gor to the members of parliament present. Rubio said India is "one of the most important relationships in the United States today in the world" and Gor "is able to complete work within the government and through the White House Oval Office".

Reuters said Rubio¡¯s presence was a ¡°very unusual¡± move. Senate assistants said they couldn¡¯t remember the last time the secretary of state appeared at the hearing and introduced the ambassador¡¯s nominee.

¡°Priority objective: separation between India and BRICS countries¡±

During the hearing, speaking of the stalled US-India trade negotiations, Gore told lawmakers: ¡°We are not far away on these tariff deals.

Goal said he will deepen US-India¡¯s ties in defense and technological cooperation in the future, and he will prioritize deepening defense and security cooperation with India.This includes expanding joint military exercises, advancing joint development and production of defense systems, and completing key defense sales.

Asked whether he pledged to promote the planned "Quarter-Safety Dialogue" summit, Gore had only to say, "We can't guarantee a specific date."

Some US media broke the news at the end of August that Trump had tried to talk to Indian Prime Minister Modi many times recently, but was refused four times. Due to the cooling of relations, Trump decided to cancel his trip to India in autumn and his plan to attend the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (QUAD) summit. Then, India's "reciprocity" suddenly canceled its original planned trip to the United States to attend the UN General Assembly.

¡°While we may be facing some minor problems now, we¡¯re addressing it,¡± Gol claimed, adding that the U.S. relationship with the Indian government ¡°has lasted for decades and is much warmer than their relationship with China.¡±

Gore continued to challenge China-India relations, claiming that there are contradictions between the two countries, so it is "unlikely to establish a closer relationship."

He further speculated that India was on the side of the United States ¡°on various issues¡± rather than the BRICS countries, Brazil, and China, which has been pushing away from the US dollar for years, which India saw as a reasonable measure ... compared to other BRICS members, India was more willing and more open to contact us.¡±

On the 11th, Rubio accompanied Gore to attend the Senate nomination confirmation hearing.

Goal has not forgotten to praise his ¡°deep friendship¡± with Modi and his ¡°boss.¡±He told the parliamentarians present: ¡°The president will do nothing to praise Modi, even when he criticizes India.

He revealed that Trump has invited Indian Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal to visit Washington next week, when he will meet with U.S. Trade Representative Jamison Greer to discuss a "promising deal". He also stressed that trade negotiations remain a key lever to bring the United States and India closer, and he promised to push India to stop buying Russian energy and open its market to the United States.

Trump¡¯s attitude toward India is uncertain.

Reuters said Goal's remarks during the hearing highlighted the recent signs that the Trump administration has begun to calm down on India's tone.

Trump announced in August that he would impose an additional tariff of 25% on Indian goods, bringing the total tariff level to 50%. This additional tariff measure will take effect on August 28th, local time. Trump said this was to "punish" India for continuing to buy Russian oil.

In the face of Trump¡¯s trade pressure, the Indian government has a tough attitude. Meanwhile, Modiaga has been interacting with countries such as Russia, China and Brazil. On September 1, Modi attended the Summit in Tianjin. In addition, Russian Assistant President Ushakov revealed that Putin plans to travel to India in December this year to attend the 23rd Annual Summit of Indo-Russian Leaders.

Seeing the Chinese-Russian and Indian leaders interact closely at the Summit, Trump broke the defense. On September 1, Trump sent a letter bombing India, accusing India of being "completely unilateral" on U.S. trade issues. India's media responded unanimously to this, linking it with Modi's trip to China.

"It seems that we have lost India and Russia to China." On the 5th, Trump suddenly posted such a passage on social media, accompanied by a photo of the leaders of China, Russia and India during the Shanghai Cooperation Summit. According to the report, Trump suggested that Russia and India were moving closer to China and felt deeply "betrayed" by this, despite his pressure and threatening the two countries first.

Trump wrote on Sunday: ¡°I am pleased to announce that India and the United States are continuing to negotiate to resolve trade barriers between the two countries.I look forward to a call with my very good friend, the Prime Minister of India.¡±

However, just as Trump began to woo India, he was still making second-hand preparations. A few days ago, the British "Financial Times" quoted news as saying that the Trump administration is putting pressure on the European Union to impose "secondary sanctions" on Russian energy buyers such as China and India.

Since then, more details have been released, and Trump has demanded that the EU impose a 100% tariff on China.

According to Reuters, a U.S. official and an EU official revealed that Trump made the above request to the EU during a call with EU officials on 9 local time, allegedly as part of pressure on Russia, Trump urged the EU to impose up to 100% of its so-called ¡°secondary tariffs¡± on China, while encouraging the EU to take similar measures on India.

Informed EU officials said the U.S. meant that if the EU agreed to the U.S. request, the U.S. would be willing to impose similar tariffs. The official said: ¡°They are basically saying: We will do this, but you need to do it with us.¡±

Bloomberg also mentioned that informed sources revealed that the United States stated that the United States was willing to follow the EU after the EU first imposed taxes on Russian energy buyers.

However, some sources have previously said that unless the United States takes action, it is unlikely that the EU will agree to so-called "secondary taxation."