Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump used a fake Indian accent to mock call centre representatives from India, but then said that the country was a “great place”, reported PTI. The business mogul brought up Indian call centres when he was addressing supporters in the state of Delaware, known for its banking and credit-card industries.

Trump said he had called his credit-card company in New York to find out where their customer care service was based, and imitated an Indian accent while copying the call centre staffer’s response. “Guess what, you’re talking to a person from India. How the hell does that work?” he asked his supporters. He then added that he was not angry with India's leaders, but with US lawmakers “for being so stupid”.

“You can't allow policies that allow China, Mexico, Japan, Vietnam, India... You can't allow policies that allows business to be ripped out of the United States like candy from a baby,” he said. “The manufacturing jobs are being stolen. Our jobs are being taken. We are losing at every front. There is nothing good. Our country does not win anymore. The jobs are being stripped. Factories are closing. We are not going to let this happen anymore,” he added.