Donald Trump mispronounced Bhutan and Nepal as 'Button' and 'Nipple' and thought they belonged to India
President Donald Trump's "wilful ignorance" of international affairs was highlighted once again after a Time's journalist said that he pronounced Nepal as "Nipple" and Bhutan as "Button" during a White House security meeting with intelligence officials.
Time's foreign policy and national security correspondent John Walcott during an interview with CNN's Brooke Baldwin on Tuesday said that the president also incorrectly stated that both the nations were a part of India.
"There are a combination of things. The first one is the president’s ignorance. That goes to the point of thinking that Nepal and Bhutan – which incidentally he also mispronounced a 'nipple' and 'button' – are part of India, which they’re not," Walcott said.
After Walcott made the statement, a visibly shocked Baldwin asked: "Wait, seriously? That's what he said?" To which Walcott replied with: "Seriously."