Donald Trump Junior, son of US President Donald Trump, posted the image of a world map on social media where Jammu & Kashmir and the North-Eastern part of India were shown as separate from the rest of the country. Donald Trump Jr. had shared the image in humour where parts of the world were painted in Red or Blue to reflect the Republican and Democrat parties respectively.
Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor was quick to pounce on the tweet by Donald trump Junior, blaming Prime Minister Modi for the stupidity of the son of the US President. Tharoor also appears to believe that diplomacy between two countries are conducted over Twitter on the basis of tweets posted by the son of the sitting US President.
https://twitter.com/ShashiTharoor/status/1323652509974503425?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwOthers were also compelled to assert that Kashmir is an integral part of India.
https://twitter.com/Zebaism/status/1323660722790780928?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwOthers suggested another explanation which appears extremely plausible. Ilan Goldenberg, Middle East Security Director at the CNAS, said that Donald Trump Junior had likely gotten confused between Iran and India. It appears plausible as the other countries marked voting Democrat on the map are China and Mexico.
https://twitter.com/ilangoldenberg/status/1323656487118508032?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwFormer Pakistan High Commissioner to India, Abdul Basit, meanwhile, called the development ‘very encouraging’.
https://twitter.com/abasitpak1/status/1323640468966551554?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwOthers in India also pointed out that the son of the US President needs lessons in Geography, which he clearly does.
https://twitter.com/AdityaRajKaul/status/1323640267182796801?ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwDonald Trump and Twitter controversies is a love story better than Twilight. And his son is no stranger to creating a storm by posting controversial images on his Twitter account. However, unlike what Abdul Basit believes, Pakistan would do well to not get too excited by this new development.