Washington DC: Quoting unidentified US intelligence officials, the TIME magazine reported on Saturday, that US President Donald Trump thought that Bhutan and Nepal were a part of India.
According to the magazine, officials told that Trump pointed at a South Asia map and mentioned that Nepal was a part of India. When the officials disagreed with him and told that it was an independent country, Trump said Bhutan was in India.
It has been reported that Trump and his advisors have of late not been in news for the best of reasons. Trump loses his cool when his advisors disagree with him. Officials have been told to avoid giving Trump intelligence assessments that contradict his own position.
The Politico magazine, in August, had reported that Trump mispronounced Nepal as ‘Nipple’ and Bhutan as ‘Button’ during a brief prior to his meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in 2017.
