'Have respect for PM Modi, going to do a trade deal with India,' says US Prez Trump at APEC Summit

United States President Donald Trump said that he has "great respect" for Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a trade deal between US and India is going to happen.

Addressing the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in South Korea on Wednesday, October 29, Trump said, "Going to have a trade deal with India."

"I have great respect for Prime Minister Modi and love," he added.

The US President also called PM Modi as a "tough guy" and a "killer".

"Prime Minister Modi is a nicest looking guy... He looks like you'd like to have a father like. But he is a killer. He's tough as hell," Trump said at the APEC CEOs gathering.

"He said, 'No, we will fight.' I said, 'Whoa, this is the same man that I know?" Trump remarked.



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