File photo of Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C., Feb. 10, 2011. (Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons)<\/p>\n
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India is “doing great” but no one talks about it, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, known for his critical views on developing countries like China and Mexico, has said, writes Lalit K. Jha. <\/b>(#Siliconeer, @Siliconeer, #DonaldTrump, #India, #2016USPresidentialRace)<\/p>\n
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“India is doing great,” Trump told CNN. This is for the first time Trump has given a glimpse of his views about India since launching his presidential campaign last year.<\/p>\n
Trump, 69, has been openly critical about many countries like China, Mexico and Japan in many of his speeches.<\/p>\n
Trump made the remarks in response to a question on America’s standing in the world and a similar interview he gave to CNN in September, 2007.<\/p>\n
“That was the beginning of China. That was the beginning of India, when India\u2014by the way, India is doing great.<\/p>\n
Nobody talks about it. And I have big jobs going up in India.<\/p>\n
But India is doing great,” Trump said.<\/p>\n
Trump has a number of real estate interests in India.<\/p>\n
“Look at everything I told you. Everything I told you is all right, whether it’s Iraq, whether it’s Iran, whether it’s China, whether it’s India, whether it’s Japan,” Trump said.<\/p>\n
“Just look at this country. We have gone from this tremendous power that was respected all over the world to somewhat of a laughing stock,” he had then told the CNN.<\/p>\n
“All of a sudden, people are talking about China and India and other places, even from an economic standpoint.<\/p>\n
America has come down a long way, a long way. The United States has come down a long way, and it’s very, very sad.<\/p>\n
We’re not respected,” Trump had said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
File photo of Donald Trump speaking at CPAC in Washington D.C., Feb. 10, 2011. (Gage Skidmore | Wikimedia Commons) India is “doing great” but no one talks about it, Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump, known for his critical views on developing countries like China and Mexico, has said, writes Lalit K. Jha. (#Siliconeer, @Siliconeer,…<\/p>\n