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SO MY QUESTION WAS, WILL THEs USE IT'S TRADITIONAL INFLUENCE TO DEFEND RELIGIOUS PLEURALISM. LET'S PLAY WHAT PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID ABOUT THIS ISSUE. >> WE DID TALK ABOUT RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. I WILL SAY THE PRIME MINISTER WAS INCREDIBLE. HE WANTS PEOPLE TO HAVE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM. IN INDIA, THEY HAVE WORKED VERY HARD TO HAVE GREAT AND OPEN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM SO AS FAR AS THE INDIVIDUAL ATTACK, I HEARD ABOUT IT. BUT I DIDN'T DISCUSS THAT WITH HIM. THAT'S UP TO INDIA. >> SO HE'S NOT TALKING ABOUT THE CLASHES HE SAID THERE. BUT ON THE ISSUE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, HE TOOK MODI'S WORD. BUT IT'S ALSO VERY INTERESTING. YES, HE'S DEFENDING RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, NOT THIS PARTICULAR LAW. >> NO, HE'S NOT. HE DIDN'T WANT TO ENGAGE WITH ANY DETAILS. FROM THE SOUND OF IT HE SORT OF ALLOWED PRIME MINISTER MODI TO DELIVER THE INDIAN TALKING POINT WITHOUT MUCH PUSHBACK. KEEP IN MIND, OF COURSE, HIS OWN RHETORIC -- WE DO SEE THE WORLD AND DO SEE ISLAM, ANYWAY, MUSLIMS THROUGH A COMMON LENS, SO IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY MISSED, PREVIOUS WORLD LEADERS. PREVIOUS AMERICAN PRIME MINISTERS THROUGHOUT THE 30-ODD YEARS THAT I HAVE BEEN DOING JOURNALISM. HAVE USED THIS SERIOUSLY THIS DOESN'T SOUND LIKE A SERIOUS DISCUSSION.