Crowds line up outside a giant stadium in western India ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s first visit to the country by AlasdairPal
AHMEDABAD, India - Crowds were lining up outside a giant stadium in western India on Monday ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s first visit to the country during which the two sides will aim to reset relations that have been buffeted by a trade spat.
In the stadium, many people were wearing customized white hats saying “Namaste Trump”, while workers handed out thousands of cardboard masks of the U.S. president. The rally in Ahmedabad will be a larger version of the “Howdy Modi” rally that Trump and Modi jointly appeared at in Houston to a jubilant crowd of 50,000 Indian Americans last year, where Trump likened Modi to Elvis Presley for his crowd-pulling power.
From Ahmedabad, he heads to Agra for a sunset visit to the iconic Taj Mahal mausoleum, before landing in New Delhi for a summit with Indian officials and business leaders.
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