Published 22:11 IST, January 16th 2020

"Not like you've got China on your border", says Trump, Modi's reaction priceless

Modi's expression gradually shifted, from shock and concern to resignation," upon hearing the US President's statement on India-China sharing a border.

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Donald Trump h left PM Modi absolutely stumped after he was told by US President that 'India and China didn't share a border', a book revealed. Authored by two Washington Post journalist, A Very Stable Genius--based on Donald Trump furr mentioned that New Delhi took a "step back" in its diplomatic relationship with Washingon. Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig in ir book mentioned that Trump said, "It’s t like you’ve got China on your border" and reportededly, PM Modi's eyes "bulged out in surprise" after US President evidiced his geographical kwledge and brushed off possibility of a threat to India from China.

book mentioned that "Modi's expression grually shifted, from shock and concern to resignation," ding that one of Trump's aides said that PM Modi likely "left that meeting and said, 'This is t a serious man. I cant count on this man as a partner." Following meeting between hes of India and US, Donald Trump's aide told reporters, " Indians took a step back in ir diplomatic relations with United States."

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US President and Prime Minister of India have met on multiple occassion since both came to power, however, book does t mention exact meeting when incident was recorded. Donald Trump is likely to visit India next month. This isn't first that that Trump's geographical kwledge was put under scanner, previously TIME magazine h reported that US President said that he 'knew both Nepal and Bhutan are a part of India.' US President, apart from getting his geography wrong, h even misprounced Nepal and Bhutan. 

Unfazed by fierce criticism and fears over his "mental" health, US President Donald Trump described himself as being a "genius" back in January 2018. Identifying "mental stability" and being "really smart" as his two greatest assets, Trump in a series of tweets h said that winning presidential election on his first attempt qualifies him as a "genius". "I think that would qualify as t smart, but genius and a very stable genius at that!" said Trump in a tweet.

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Imran Khan's geography 

Apart from Donald Trump, who was described as 'Dangerously uninformed' in book by a White House official, ar leer joining a similar league is Imran Khan. In April 2019, Pakistani Prime Minister's Oxford degree was put to test, after Imran Khan claimed that European country, Germany, shares a border with Japan, an Island in Asia. Pakistan PM me statement at a joint press conference in Tehran in April 2019.

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(With PTI inputs) 

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22:11 IST, January 16th 2020