TIL Desk/World/Washington/ United States President Donald Trump has been known to affect an Indian accent and imitate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Prime Minister Modi, during his visit to the US last year, held talks with President Trump on a number of issues including the situation in war-torn Afghanistan.
Modi told Trump in an Oval Office meeting in June: “Never has a country given so much away for so little in return” as the United States in Afghanistan. To Trump, Modi’s statement was proof that the rest of the world viewed the United States as being duped and taken advantage of in Afghanistan, the Post said. “Senior administration officials said that the president has been known to affect an Indian accent and imitate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” .
The White House did not immediately respond to a question on the Post’s assertion that Trump has been imitating Modi in Indian accent. Democratic Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi condemned Trump’s reported habit of affecting an Indian accent to imitate Modi. “I was appalled to read that President Trump reportedly affected an Indian accent to imitate Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi,” he said.
