Donald Trump said during his campaign that he and his family think highly of India (Archive)
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The First Family of the United States is in love with India, indicated the president of the United States, Donald Trump, noting that both his daughter Ivanka and his son Donald Trump Jr along with Kimberly Guilfoyle think a lot about India and he too.
“I know India and I understood those young people (Kimberly, Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka) that you mentioned. They are very good young people. And I know that their relationship with India is very good and mine is too,” President Trump said. reporters at the White House.
The president of the United States, who describes himself as the “best friend of all time” of India and Indian-Americans in the White House, was answering a question about the role played by the three important members of his family will play in this electoral cycle together with respect. to the Indian-American community.
“Would Kimberly, Donald Trump Jr., and Ivanka Trump, who are very popular with Indian-Americans, campaign on their behalf among Indian-Americans with their views on the relationship between India and the United States?” the president was asked.
“I appreciate the good feelings. They think (Kimberley, Don Jr and Ivanka) a lot about India and so do I. And they think a lot about their prime minister (Narendra Modi),” said Donald Trump in response to the question.
In the 2016 elections, the Trump family reached out to the Indian-American community, particularly in the states of Virginia, Pennsylvania and Florida, where both Ivanka Trump and Donald Trump Jr are located, along with their other son Eric and daughter-in-law. Lara Trump held meetings with members of the community and visited Hindu temples.
Ivanka Trump, was the first member of the Trump family to make a trip to India after Trump came to power. She led a high-level American delegation at the World Entrepreneurship Summit in India in 2017.
Ivanka Trump frequently tweets on India-related topics. Ivanka Trump, who has an attractive star in India, is also a special adviser to the president of the United States.
Donald Trump Jr, who is leading the re-election campaign, has also made trips to India. Last December, he held a special book launch event for the American Indian community on Long Island.
“A key advantage in the battlefield states could secure 2020 for Trump,” Donald Trump Jr said in a tweet last month.
He, along with his girlfriend Kimberley, who is the national chair of the Trump Victory Finance Committee, have been instrumental in the campaign to maintain a close relationship with the American Indian community.
The two of them tweet quite frequently about the key role the Indian-American community can play in battle states.
On India’s Independence Day on August 15, Donald Trump Jr tweeted: “Sending best wishes to India on its Independence Day.”
“Thankful for all my friends there and my Indian-American friends here.”
“Congratulations to India who is celebrating its 74th Independence Day and to all the American Indian Americans who now call the United States home. The bond between our countries is stronger than ever, as we share a deep appreciation for family. , peace and prosperity. “Kimberly said in a tweet greeting India on its Independence Day.
“The United States enjoys a great relationship with India and our campaign enjoys great support from Native Americans!” He said a fortnight ago when posting the first commercial video of the Trump campaign directed at Native Americans.
Titled “Four More Years,” the 107-second video begins with iconic images of Prime Minister Modi and Donald Trump walking hand in hand at NRG Stadium in Houston during their visit to the US last year, where leaders of the world’s two largest democracies made their joint speech to a crowd of American Indians numbering more than 50,000.
Amid the cheers of thousands of his supporters in the United States, Prime Minister Modi is seen as saying that Donald Trump “needs no introduction” and that “his name appears in almost every conversation.”
He is the president of the United States of America “Mr. Donald Trump,” says the prime minister at the beginning of the video, which has been conceptualized by Al Mason, co-chair of Victoria Trump’s American Indian Finance Committee.
It is well known that PM Modi is very popular with Indian Americans. His handsome star has drawn a record crowd, hitherto unknown to a foreign leader, on American soil.
Starting with his speech at Madison Square Garden in 2015 and then in Silicon Valley two years later, both attracting more than 20,000 people, Prime Minister Modi is perhaps the only foreign leader in recent memory who has addressed such large demonstrations. in the US His “Howdy Modi” speech in Houston last September was attended by a record 50,000 people. Trump made a solo trip to Houston to join him in speaking at the historic rally.
As Prime Minister Modi introduces Donald Trump to the crowd he addressed as “my family,” the second part of the commercial has clips of Donald Trump’s historic speech in Ahmedabad this February.
“America loves India. America respects India. And America will always be a faithful and loyal friend of the Indian people,” says Donald Trump in the commercial in which he praises the contribution of four million Indian-Americans.
“They are truly spectacular people,” said the President of the United States.
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