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SME Times News Bureau | 24 Feb, 2018
Donald Trump Jr, son of US
President Donald Trump, on Friday said he loves the Indian media as it
is "mild and nice" compared to the "aggressive and brutal" American
media.
Speaking at the Global Business Summit here, Trump Jr
said: "I am the first person in the history of India to say I love the
Indian media. They are so mild and nice."
He related to an incident when he said that Indians have smiling faces despite the hardships.
"It
wasn't me coming here for first time. It was me coming here (India)
after 10 years. So everybody understood what I meant. But the
'Washington Post' the next day said -- 'Donald Trump Jr likes poor
people because they smile'," he said.
Refusing to speak on politics, he said: "I have come here as a businessman (not politician)."
He also steered clear of any reference to China, saying his focus was India.
Although
Trump Jr was earlier scheduled to speak on "Reshaping Indo-Pacific
Ties: New Era of Cooperation", it was changed to a fireside chat at the
last moment.
Speaking about the changing business scenario in
India as compared to around a decade ago, Trump Jr said he sees a lot of
energy and has been able to strike up good deals over the years and was
now willing to invest 10 times more.
Taking a dig at some local
businessmen's working style, Trump Jr said when he first came to India
(for real estate business), he ran into a businessman who claimed to
have a "great piece of land" at a prime location but was unwilling to
strike a deal.
"So I said, okay let's talk business. He was like
'well it is not exactly my land, it's my cousins' land'... well, it's
not my cousin's land it is my friend's uncle's daughter's land'," he
said to a laughing audience.
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