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Donald Trump did not know India and China share borders, claims new book

India and China have an unresolved border dispute that covers the 3,488 kilometre Line of Actual Control

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US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as hearrives for the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York City. Photo: Reuters

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Donald Trump (pictured) once left Prime Minister Narendra Modi flabbergasted after he told him that India and China didn't share a border, revealing the US President's “woefully” poor knowledge of geography, according to a new book authored by two Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalists.

The 417-page book, A Very Stable Genius, written by Philip Rucker and Carol D Leonnig, detailed similar vivid incidents from Trump's tumultuous first three years as President, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

The businessman-turned-politician won the US presidential election in 2016 and assumed the position on January 20, 2017.

The book claimed during one of his meetings with Modi,

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