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Wed Oct 29, 2025, 09:01 AM Oct 29

Trump uses fake Indian accent to impersonate India's leader in rambling speech to Korean delegation [View all]

Take the keys from Granddad time.




President Donald Trump slipped into an impersonation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s accent on the latest leg of his week-long tour of Asia, as he praised the strongman leader for being “tough as hell.”

Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, South Korea, on Wednesday, following on from his appearances in Malaysia and Japan, the president reflected on India exchanging fire with neighboring Pakistan earlier this year in a four-day conflict that threatened to spiral into full blown war between the two nuclear powers.

“I’ll tell you what, Prime Minister Modi is the nicest looking guy,” Trump said of his Indian counterpart: He’s… oh, you’d like to have your father like that.”

But, the president continued: “He’s a killer! He’s tough as hell!” He then launched into an insensitive imitation of Modi, declaring in a booming voice: “No, we will fight.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/trump-uses-fake-indian-accent-120314059.html

I would post the clip but I won’t.



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