WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump has mocked Indian Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Indian media has reported.
Upset over New Delhi’s efforts in the Afghanistan peace process, UnitedStates President Donald Trump on Wednesday took a jibe at Prime MinisterNarendra Modi for funding a library in the war-torn country by suggestingthat it was of no use.
Speaking on the role of countries to facilitate dialogue with Afghanistan,Trump, who was addressing his first Cabinet meeting of the year, said, “Icould give you an example where I get along very well with India and PrimeMinister Modi.
But he is constantly telling me, he built a library in Afghanistan.Library! That’s like five hours of what we spend (in Afghanistan).”Advertising
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“And he (Modi) tells me. He is very smart. We are supposed to say, oh thankyou for the library.
Don’t know who’s using it (the library) in Afghanistan. But it’s one ofthose things. I don’t like being taken advantage of,” he added.
