NEW DELHI: In a striking echo of his predecessor, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday made an embarrassing gaffe as he confused India with Iran. Twice. While repeating his rant about negotiating a ceasefire between New Delhi and Islamabad, he referred to India as Iran, calling it a nuclear nation. Trump claimed he threatened both nations with 200% tariffs if the conflict blew up into a full-fledged war. "If you look at Pakistan and Iran -- I told them I was in the midst of negotiating a trade deal with Iran and Pakistan, and because of tariffs, they wanted to negotiate much differently. I heard they were shooting at each other, and then I said during one of my conversations, "Are you guys going to go to war?” I said, 'Here’s a deal — you go to war, and I gotta put a 200% t

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