Overview

• C. Christine Fair, a Georgetown University associate professor and South Asia specialist, used a Hindi/Urdu expletive for the president during a televised interview.
• The exchange occurred on Moeed Pirzada’s program after he asked whether Washington had moved beyond viewing India as a counterbalance to China.
• Fair repeated the word on air after Pirzada laughed and noted he uses it in Urdu, with outlets explaining it roughly translates to “idiot.”
• Beyond the slur, she argued many Trump officials lack subject‑matter expertise and said the U.S. has lost State Department personnel and institutional knowledge.
• The clip has drawn wide social‑media attention and media coverage, with reports so far not citing formal institutional responses or White House comment.