<p>Donald Trump 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.</p>.<p>The 417-page book, '<em>A Very Stable Genius</em>', 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.</p>.<p>The businessman-turned-politician</p>.<p>won the US presidential election in 2016 and assumed the position on January 20, 2017.</p>.<p>The book claimed during one of his meetings with Modi, Trump told him, "It's not like you've got China on your border."</p>.<p>However, the Washington Post report did not mention the year in which President Trump made this gaffe.</p>.<p>After Trump bungles his India-China geography, the authors, both Post reporters, claimed that "Modi's eyes bulged out in surprise" and his "expression gradually shifted, from shock and concern to resignation".</p>.<p>The two reporters were part of the team that won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on Trump and Russia.</p>.<p>The book quoted a Trump aide as saying that Modi probably "left that meeting and said, 'This is not a serious man. I cannot count on this man as a partner'".</p>.<p>"After the meeting", the aide told the authors, "the Indians took a step back in their diplomatic relations with the United States."</p>.<p>India and China have an unresolved border dispute that covers the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC).</p>.<p>Modi and Trump, who have developed a personal rapport, met four times in 2019, including their joint appearance at the historic 'Howdy Modi!' event in Houston.</p>.<p>They spoke over phone at least twice last year.</p>.<p>During his visit to the US in September last year, Prime Minister Modi once again extended his invitation to President Trump to visit India along with his family.</p>
<p>Donald Trump 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.</p>.<p>The 417-page book, '<em>A Very Stable Genius</em>', 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.</p>.<p>The businessman-turned-politician</p>.<p>won the US presidential election in 2016 and assumed the position on January 20, 2017.</p>.<p>The book claimed during one of his meetings with Modi, Trump told him, "It's not like you've got China on your border."</p>.<p>However, the Washington Post report did not mention the year in which President Trump made this gaffe.</p>.<p>After Trump bungles his India-China geography, the authors, both Post reporters, claimed that "Modi's eyes bulged out in surprise" and his "expression gradually shifted, from shock and concern to resignation".</p>.<p>The two reporters were part of the team that won a 2018 Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on Trump and Russia.</p>.<p>The book quoted a Trump aide as saying that Modi probably "left that meeting and said, 'This is not a serious man. I cannot count on this man as a partner'".</p>.<p>"After the meeting", the aide told the authors, "the Indians took a step back in their diplomatic relations with the United States."</p>.<p>India and China have an unresolved border dispute that covers the 3,488 km Line of Actual Control (LAC).</p>.<p>Modi and Trump, who have developed a personal rapport, met four times in 2019, including their joint appearance at the historic 'Howdy Modi!' event in Houston.</p>.<p>They spoke over phone at least twice last year.</p>.<p>During his visit to the US in September last year, Prime Minister Modi once again extended his invitation to President Trump to visit India along with his family.</p>