Hearing of PM Modi’s Estranged Wife, Trump Joked He’d ‘Set Him Up’

Trump made the joke in June 2017 at the time of Modi’s US visit.

US President Donald Trump allegedly joked about “setting up” Indian prime minister Narendra Modi with someone upon learning from his aides that Modi is estranged from his wife, a new Politico report said. Trump made the joke in June 2017 at the time of his meeting with Modi at the White House.

 

"Ah, I think I can set him up with somebody," Trump joked.

 

Prime Minister Modi was married as a teen, but then left his village and his wife shortly after. Until 2014, around the time Modi announced his run for the top post, he had never acknowledged her existence formally, NDTV reported.