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"I know almost as much as the people in Delaware about banking," Donald Trump boasted. | Getty Trump impersonates Indian call-center worker

Donald Trump tailored his pitch to the citizens of Delaware on Friday, praising the tiny mid-Atlantic state’s status as a tax shelter and at one point sharing a story about calling his credit-card company to find out whether it employed people in India.

"I know almost as much as the people in Delaware about banking," Trump boasted at a rally in Harrington, a small town south of the capital Dover, on Friday afternoon.

Trump said he had 378 corporate entities registered in the state, "meaning I pay you a lot of money, folks. I don’t feel guilty."

"I spend a fortune in Delaware. No one knows it," he said.

Later in his speech, Trump mentioned his New York primary win, saying New Yorkers voted for him because they know him.

"You don’t know me well. You just take all my money with the taxes," he said.

Wilmington, the largest city in Delaware, is a hub for the nation’s credit-card industry, with Bank of America, Citibank Delaware, M&T Bank and PNC Financial Services Group serving as top employers.

The Republican front-runner also said he once called a credit-card call center, suspecting the employees were working from India.

"I said to the person, 'Where are you from?' I wasn't really checking on my card. I was actually finding out if this was true. So I called up under the guise I'm checking on my card, said, 'Where are you from?' 'We are from India.' 'Oh, great. That's wonderful. Thank you very much,'" Trump said, speaking briefly in a foreign-sounding accent before gesturing like he was hanging up a phone.