India, Aug. 26 -- American political scientist Carol Christine Fair called US President Donald Trump a "c**tiya" while in an interview with Pakistan-origin British journalist Moeed Pirzada. A video of the moment has gone viral on social media, prompting varied reactions.

In the clip going viral, Pirzada asks Fair, "Do you think that the US administration, for the past 25 years, has now given up their view that India is needed for counterbalancing China? Do you think the US has moved beyond that? And if it has moved beyond that, then what has it moved into?"

She says, "No, I don't think the US has moved beyond it, especially, I don't think the bureaucracies have. I can't speak for the patina of officials in the Trump administration. You ...