AHMEDABAD " US president Donald trump 0n Monday announced t0 the ch0ck 0f over 100,000" people packed int0 the world's LARGEST motor cricket stadium in INDIAN prime minister Narendra MODI, S home state that his administration had very g00d ties with PAKISTAN.
the roars 0f APPRECIATIONS turned into A pin-drop silence when TRUMP said the Pakistan -US relationship is a very g00d one this turned the 0therwise cheering crowd t0 a mute bringing a visible perturbation to the people particularly the front-rowers comprising the cabinet members 0f Bharatiya JANATA party BJB led government which is currently faced with public warth over the passage of anti-Muslim citizenship laws on domestic front and on INTERNATIONAL front for human rights abuses in the Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Talking about the Us anti-terror efforts, Trump said since taking his office, his administration was working in a very positive way with PAKISTAN to crack down on terrorist organisations and militants."Thanks to these efforts, we are beginning to see signs of bigg progress with Pakistan and we are hopeful of reduced tensions, greater stability, and the future of harmony for all of the nations of South Asia", Trump told the gathering.
He announced that the Us would improve defense pacts in India and sign a $3 billion defense deal with India on Tuesday(today).
He emphasized that the Us would become India's premier defense partner.
The event was the pinnacle of the day's enviable trio of presidential photo-ops, sandwiched between Trump visits to a farmer home of independence leader Mohandas Gandhi and a planned tour of the famed Tajmahal.
"I am pleased to announce that tomorrow our representatives will sign deals to sell over $3 billion in the absolute finest state-of-the-art military helicopters and other equipment to the Indian armed force", Trump said.
Nearly everyone in the newly constructed stadium sported a white cap with the name of the event, "Namaste, Trump " or "welcome, Trump," and roared for the introductions of both leaders.
Embarking on a whirlwind 36- hour visit, Trump opened his speech by declaring that he had traveled 8,000 miles to deliver the message that “America loves India, America respects India and America will always be faithful and loyal friends to the Indian people.”
The sunbaked city of Ahmedabad bustled as Trump arrived, its streets teeming with people eager to catch a glimpse of the American president. Newly cleaned roads and planted flowers dotted the roads amid hundreds of billboards featuring the president and first lady Melania Trump. Thousands lined his motorcade route, shy of the up to 10 million that Trump speculated would be on hand.
His first stop was Gandhi’s home, where Trump donned a prayer shawl and removed his shoes to create the incongruous image of a grandiose president quietly walking through the humble ashram.
He inspected the spinning wheel used by the famed pacifist and looked at a statue of monkeys representing Gandhi’s mantra of “See no evil, hear no evil, Speak no evil” before departing for a far more boisterous setting: the mega-rally at the world’s largest cricket stadium.
Trump’s motorcade traveled amid cheers from a battery of carefully picked and vetted Modi loyalists and workers from his Bharatiya Janata Party who will stand for hours alongside the neatly manicured 22-kilometer (14-mile) stretch of road to accord the president a grand welcome on his way to the newly constructed stadium.
Tens of thousands of police officers were on hand to keep security tight.
Trump lavished praise on both Modi and the democracy he leads, touting an effort to lift residents out of extreme poverty, saying “India gives hope to all of humanity.”
“The story of the Indian nation is a tale of astounding progress,” Trump said.
“Today I say to every Indian, north, and south … take pride in the glories of your past. Unite for an even brighter future and let our two nations always stand together as powerful defenders of peace and liberty.”
Trump’s foreign visits have typically been light on sightseeing, but he and the first lady visited the Taj Mahal, the immense white marble mausoleum built in Agra in the 17th century.
"Namaste," he began to thunderous applause, before going on to refer to several Indian icons, from history to cricket to Bollywood.
"India will always hold a very special place in our hearts," he added.
He also had words of praise for Mr. Modi: "Everybody loves him but I will tell you this, he is very tough. You are not just the pride of Gujarat, you are living proof that with hard work, Indians can accomplish anything they want."
However, he struggled to pronounce several Indian words - from Ahmedabad, the city where he was speaking, to Swami Vivekananda, an Indian philosopher, greatly admired by Mr. Modi. He also called the Vedas - ancient Hindu texts - "Vestas".
The president will conclude his whirlwind visit to India on Tuesday (today) with a day in the capital New Delhi, including meetings with Modi over stalled trade talks and a gala dinner.
Trade tensions between the two countries have escalated since the Trump administration imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum from India. India responded with higher penalties on agricultural goods and restrictions on US medical devices. The US retaliated by removing India from a decades-old preferential trade program.
Alluding to tense trade negotiations, Trump voiced optimism that a deal could be reached but also lightheartedly told the rally crowd about Modi: “Everybody loves him, but I will tell you this. He’s very tough.”
Eyes will also be on whether Trump weighs on in the protests enveloping India over its Citizenship Amendment Act. It provides a fast track to naturalization for some migrants who entered the country illegally while fleeing religious persecution, but excludes Muslims, raising fears that the country is moving toward a religious citizenship test. Passage has prompted large-scale protests and a violent crackdown.
Ahead of US President Donald Trump´s first official visit, the main areas of agreement and discord with Prime Minister Narendra Modi´s government are the following.
Booming: India is the world´s fifth-largest economy ahead of Britain and France and will become the planet´s most populous country by 2027, the UN projects.
US-India trade volumes ballooned to more than $140 billion in 2018 from $19 billion in 2000, according to the US government, although volumes exchanged with China are more than five times larger.
The Indian diaspora in the US is estimated at four million and they are major contributors to Silicon Valley in particular. The chief executives of Microsoft and Google were both born in India.
During Trump´s visit, India may agree to the sale of five nuclear reactors, the fruit of a landmark but contentious atomic deal signed under then leaders George W. Bush and Manmohan Singh in the 2000s.
Trade tussle: Even though the US trade deficit with India fell from $30 billion in 2016 to $25 billion in 2018 -- the gap with China is 15 times larger -- it is too big for Trump who has called India the "tariff king".
"They´ve been hitting us very, very hard for many, many years," Trump said before his trip.
Trump in 2018 imposed tariffs on steel and aluminum from India and elsewhere, and last year suspended India´s duty-free privileges under the decades-old US Generalized System of Preferences program.
Modi, whose "Make in India" mantra mirrors Trump´s "America First" slogan, responded by hiking import duties on US farm produce such as almonds. In this month´s budget, it raised other tariffs.
The tussle means that efforts to reach a comprehensive trade deal are doomed, at least during Trump´s visit, although they may reach a smaller agreement.
Plans to force foreign firms to store Indian consumers´ data locally have also irked US businesses, as have e-commerce regulations hitting firms such as Amazon and Walmart.
Eye on China: The US and India share a mistrust of China. Washington and New Delhi have been worried by China´s growing clout in the Indian Ocean, while China has enraged India with its economic and diplomatic support for Pakistan.
In 2016, the US designated India as a "Major Defense Partner" and last year they signed a deal easing the transfer of advanced weaponry and the sharing of encrypted military communications.
However, Russia, New Delhi´s Cold War ally, remains India´s biggest armaments supplier and Modi agreed in 2018 with President Vladimir Putin a $5.4-billion deal to buy Moscow´s S-400 missile defense system.
A US decision on whether to impose sanctions on India, as a result, is outstanding, something that would dramatically worsen relations between the two countries.
Kashmir: Another irritant for Modi would be if Trump repeats his offer to mediate between India and Pakistan over their long-running dispute over Kashmir that a year ago again sent them close to war.
Similarly, Modi will not like hearing any criticism of India´s move in August to revoke the partial autonomy of Indian Kashmir and impose a security and communications lockdown.
Any allusion by Trump to new citizenship legislation criticized as anti-Muslim and which has prompted weeks of protests and unease abroad might also go down badly.
A senior US administration official said Trump would indeed raise concerns about religious freedom, "which is extremely important to this administration".
Meanwhile, former chief minister of the Indian state of Karnataka and Congress leader Sidddaramiah asked the ruling BJP to host an event for US President Donald Trump in Kashmir if it has returned to "normalcy" as claimed by the Narendra Modi-led government.
“If BJP feels Kashmir has returned to normalcy, and if BJP feels that there is no government-orchestrated violence ... Now is the time to prove the same by hosting Donald Trump’s event in Kashmir,” tweeted the Congress leader.
In a special report, The New York Times says while much is being made of the relationship between the oldest and the largest democracies, skeptics say both Trump and Modi “have each undermined democratic tradition by demonizing immigrants, promoting nationalism and seeking to suppress media freedom”.
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