Apurva Asrani slams Donald Trump for calling Indian air ‘filthy’: ‘7 months ago he said India gives hope to humanity’

Writer and editor Apurva Asrani has slammed US President Donald Trump for calling Indian air ‘filthy’ through the closing presidential debate on Friday morning. “Look at China, how filthy it is. Look at Russia. Look at India. It’s filthy. The air is filthy,” Trump stated, defending his determination to drag out of the Paris Climate Accord.

Asrani admitted that the air high quality in India wants to enhance, however referred to as Trump a ‘liar’, reminding him of his feedback on the Namaste Trump rally in February. Trump had stated on the occasion that “India gives hope to all of humanity” and that the US ‘loves’ and ‘respects’ it.

“7 months ago, he said on Indian soil, that ‘India gives hope to humanity’. Today he dismisses India, by calling it ‘filthy’. While it is a fact that the air quality here is poor, it is a bigger fact that #Trump is a liar,” Asrani tweeted.

 

Meanwhile, the air high quality in Delhi deteriorated to the ‘very poor’ on Friday morning. At 7am, the AQI (Air Quality Index) studying was 360, on the greater finish of the ‘very poor’ zone. An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account ‘good’, 51 and 100 ‘satisfactory’, 101 and 200 ‘moderate’, 201 and 300 ‘poor’, 301 and 400 ‘very poor’, and 401 and 500 ‘severe’.

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Earlier this yr, throughout his maiden go to to India, Trump talked about Bollywood classics in his speech. At the Namaste Trump occasion in February, he praised the Indian movie business for creating content material that offers ‘great joy’ to folks everywhere in the world.

“This is the country that produces 2000 movies a year from the hub of genius and creativity known as Bollywood. All over the planet, people take great joy in scenes of bhangra, music, dance, romance and drama, and classic Indian films like DDLJ and Sholay,” Trump had stated.

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