DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS INDIAN SUPPORT IN ELECTIONS
                     DONALD TRUMP CLAIMS 
INDIAN SUPPORT IN 
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INTRODUCTION
• United States President Donald Trump called Prime 
Minister Narendra Modi a “great friend” and 
praised him for doing a good job amid the 
worsening coronavirus situation in India. 
• He also expressed confidence that Indian-
Americans would vote for him in the elections 
scheduled to be held in November.
Source: Times of India
‘HOWDY MODI’ EVENT
• Trump recalled to the ‘Howdy Modi’ event in 
Houston in September 2019 and said it showed 
the Indian-American community’s support for 
him.
Source: Huffpost India
INCREDIBLE INDIA
• Trump praised the people are so incredible it’s 
really an incredible place, an incredible country 
and its big.
• He referred to India as an incredible place but said 
it had been hit very hard by the coronavirus crisis.
Source: Amazon.in
TRUMP OFFERS TO HELP INDIA, CHINA
• The US president said that he is ready to help 
India and China amid fresh border tensions 
between the two countries.
• He referred to the situation along the Line of 
Actual Control as “nasty”.
Source: Republic World
GALWAN VALLEY CLASH
• The US president had offered to mediate between 
China and India in May and also in June after the 
Galwan Valley clash. 
• Both China and India had refused the offer.
Source: Scroll.in
TENSIONS BETWEEN INDIA AND CHINA
• Tensions between India and China have flared up 
again, over two months after the troops of both 
the countries clashed on the border on June 15, in 
Ladakh. 
• Twenty Indian soldiers lost their lives and 76 were 
injured. 
• An unidentified number of Chinese soldiers also 
died in the clash.
Source: Indian Express
TRUMPH SUPPORTED MODI CAMPAIGN
• Trumph claimed that he had worked indirectly for 
the Modi campaign during the 2014 election.
• He supported Modi’s candidature as the prime 
minister of India years before he became the 
phenomenon during the election in India.
Source: Telegraph India
INDIAN-AMERICAN VOTERS
• Trump claimed support of Modi amid speculation 
that his rival Democratic Party’s candidate Joe 
Biden might have got an edge among the Indian-
American voters after he picked Kamala Devi 
Harris as his running mate. 
• Harris, who is representing California in the US 
Senate since 2017, is the daughter of two 
immigrants to America – Shyamala Gopalan from 
India and Donald Harris  form Jamaica.
Source: ThePrint
NO OFFICIAL COMMENTS FROM INDIA
• Trump’s comment has caused unease in New 
Delhi as India has so far been refraining from 
making any official comment on the US 
presidential elections.
Source: Business Today
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