United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was looking forward to his visit to India later this month, PTI reported. Trump an...
United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he was looking forward to his visit to India later this month, PTI reported. Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will travel to New Delhi and Ahmedabad on February 24 and February 25.
Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Trump said: “He is a friend of mine. He’s a great gentleman.” Trump said he spoke to the Indian prime minister over the weekend, when Modi told him that millions of people will welcome him at the airport in Ahmedabad.
But, Trump joked that he may not feel so good with the huge number of people. “When we have 50,000 people, I’m not going to feel so good,” he said. “We’ll have five to seven million people just from the airport to the new stadium. And you know it is the largest stadium in the world. [They are] building it now. It’s almost complete and it’s the largest in the world.”
Trump and Modi will hold a “Kem chho Trump”, or Howdy! Trump, event in Ahmedabad on February 24. About 1.25 lakh people are expected to attend the event at the new Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium, according to The Hindu.
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