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The Times of India
The Times of India
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Chidanand Rajghatta

State department scrubs Rubio's 'every country has stupid people' remark as critics wonder if it applies to Trump

The TOI correspondent from Washington: The US state department on Monday discovered that in the Trump era, it is stupid to amplify the word stupid, a prerogative that appears to belong to the US President alone.

Officials hurriedly deleted a social media post featuring secretary of state Marco Rubio’s remarks in New Delhi after critics pointed out that he appeared -- perhaps unintentionally, perhaps subliminally -- to be describing President Trump as one of the “stupid people” who “say dumb things.”

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