WHY TRUMP CAME TO HOUSTON TO HOWDY MODI
Washington : nearly 25 years ago an indian american attornery in maryland was sentenced to prison on charges of laundering $ 46,000 in liiegal political contribution from an indian embassy official the offence was considered so serious that the indian official was delhi ahead of an expulsion prospect
In turn trump also lathrred encomiums on modi for the massive mandate he got in india general election earlier this year calling him agreat man and agreat wisdom this after modi had called him agreat american president who has gone from CEO to commander in chief
Its not that indian americans are abig voting block infact there are less than two million indian american voters but trump has long been mindful of the fact that he lost the popular vote to hillary clinton in 2016 by nearly three million votes and it helps that the indian american constituency is well educated and wealthy too
In turn trump also lathrred encomiums on modi for the massive mandate he got in india general election earlier this year calling him agreat man and agreat wisdom this after modi had called him agreat american president who has gone from CEO to commander in chief
Its not that indian americans are abig voting block infact there are less than two million indian american voters but trump has long been mindful of the fact that he lost the popular vote to hillary clinton in 2016 by nearly three million votes and it helps that the indian american constituency is well educated and wealthy too
