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<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="287" data-total-count="3447">The breezy tone of the readout left diplomats in Washington slack-jawed, with some initially assuming it was a parody. In particular, they zeroed in on Mr. Trump’s offer to Mr. Sharif “to play any role you want me to play to address and find solutions to the country’s problems.”</p>
<p class="story-body-text story-content" data-para-count="213" data-total-count="3660">That was interpreted by some in India as an offer by the United States to mediate Pakistan’s border dispute with India in Kashmir, something that the Pakistanis have long sought and that India has long resisted.</p>
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via <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/us/politics/trumps-off-the-cuff-remarks-to-world-leaders-leave-diplomats-aghast.html?smid=tw-nytimes&amp;smtyp=cur&amp;_r=0">Trump’s Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast - The New York Times</a>.