Donald Trump just praised India, but it went without notice!

Donald Trump, who is running for US presidential elections, for the first time mentioned India in his speech.

The Republican presidential front runner, Trump, has criticised China, Japan in many of his speeches but he had something positive to say about India.

"India is doing great. That was the beginning of China. That was the beginning of India, when India -- by the way, India is doing great. Nobody talks about it. And I have big jobs going up in India. But India is doing great," Trump told the CNN in an interview on Monday.

"But that was the beginning of China. That was the beginning of India. Look at everything I told you. Everything I told you is all right, whether it's Iraq, whether it's Iran, whether it's China, whether it's India, whether it's Japan," Trump said referring to his CNN interview in September 2007.

"Just look at this country. We have gone from this tremendous power that was respected all over the world to somewhat of a laughing stock," he said.

"All of a sudden, people are talking about China and India and other places, even from an economic standpoint. America has come down a long way, a long way. The United States has come down a long way, and it's very, very sad. We're not respected, he added.