The Sunday Guardian

Trump mocks indian call centres

- IANS

WASHINGTON: Republican presidenti­al front runner Donald Trump has used fake Indian accent to mock a call center representa­tive in India. At the same time, he described India as a great place, asserting that he is not angry with Indian leaders. He said that he called up his credit card company to find out whether their customer support is based in the US or overseas. “Guess what, you’re talking to a person from India. How the hell does that work?” he told his supporters in Delaware. “So I called up, under the guise I’m checking on my card, I said, ‘Where are you from?’” Trump said and then he copied the response from the call centre in a fake Indian accent. “We are from India,” Trump impersonat­ed the response. event i n Pennsylvan­ia she would not respond to Trump’s comments about her.

Donna Hoffman, the head of the political science department at the University of Iowa, said Trump’s fiery personalit­y had put him in a bind at this stage of the race.

“The impetus to become more presidenti­al is coming from some of the elite organs of the GOP, but he got to where he is today because of his persona,” she said. “To continue this way will keep him alienated from the party, but to change means his supporters will question his authentici­ty.”

In a strong signal that his persona matters, a January survey showed that

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