Trump thought Nepal, Bhutan were part of India

US president called the countries 'nipple' and 'button'


News Desk February 06, 2019
"Perhaps Intelligence should go back to school!" Trump said in a blistering series of tweets. PHOTO: AFP

US President Donald Trump thought Nepal and Bhutan were a part of India and referred to them as 'nipple' and 'button', India Today reported.

A TIME magazine piece published Tuesday details an incident at a briefing  where Trump had to be corrected on basic world geography.

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"In another briefing on South Asia, Trump’s advisors brought a map of the region from Afghanistan to Bangladesh, according to intelligence officers with knowledge of the meeting and congressional officials who were briefed on it. Trump, they said, pointed at the map and said he knew that Nepal was part of India, only to be told that it is an independent nation. When he said he was familiar with Bhutan and it was part of India, his briefers told him that Bhutan was an independent kingdom."

Politico reported that this briefing occurred before Trump met Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2017 and that during this meeting the US president "mispronounced Nepal as 'nipple' and laughingly referred to Bhutan as 'button'," while he looked at a map of South Asia.

"Wait, seriously, that's what he said?" said Brooke Baldwin, a CNN anchor, when TIME's John Walcott -- the author of Tuesday's piece -- told her about the "Nipple" and "Button" episode.



This article originally appeared on India Today.

 

 

COMMENTS (2)

Bunny Rabbit | 5 years ago | Reply I think its unfair picking on DT for every silly slip he makes .Is he not human ?
js magrey | 5 years ago | Reply Trum is the thickest president of USA. They could have chosen someone better. Look at india they have chosen chai wala as their PM. He has got all stalls wala in his cabinet.
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