Trump recalls last presser with Modi as he praises White House renovation: ‘Grass was soaking wet…’
Donald Trump had welcomed PM Modi to the White House back in February this year. It was PM Modi’s first visit to the US since Trump assumed office again.
US President Donald Trump on Saturday recalled his last news conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi a few months back at the White House. After he reaffirmed ties with the Prime Minister, saying they got along very well, Trump recalled how the grass was “soaking wet” the last time they held a press conference together during PM Modi’s visit to the US.
Trump was referring to the recent renovation of the Rose Garden, replacing the grass with stone. He had welcomed PM Modi to the White House back in February this year, the Prime Minister’s first visit to the US since the Republican returned for a second term as President.
“I get along very well with Modi, as you know,” Trump said in response to a reporter asking him who was responsible for the US losing India to China, something the President asserted a day earlier.
Backtracking on the earlier remarks, Trump said he “doesn’t think so” (that US lost India), but also reiterated that the US was disappointed with India continuing its Russian oil purchase.
On Modi’s presser and Rose Garden revamp
As Trump heaped praise on the renovation of the Rose Garden patio at the White House, among some key changes at the premises, Trump recalled: “…he (PM Modi) was here a couple of months ago, we went to the Rose Garden and the grass was so soaking wet… it was such a terrible place to have news conference,” adding how there’s a white stone there instead now.
“We had a news conference on the grass. That was my last news conference I had on the grass because everybody sunk in…Every reporter out there ruined their shoes,” Trump added as he claimed the change to the Rose Garden was very well-received.
