>>> THE TRUE STRENGTH OF INDIA IS FOUND IN 125,000 BEATING
HEARTS IN THIS STADIUM AND THE
MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WHO HAVE SEEN AND WITNESSED OUR
GREAT FRIENDSHIP AND ADMIRATION
TODAY.
TODAY. >> THAT WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP
SPEAKING EARLIER TODAY TO OVER
100,000 PEOPLE AT A RALLY IN
INDIAN PRIME MINISTER MODI’S
HOMETOWN.
HOMETOWN. THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
MELANIA TRUMP ARRIVED IN INDIA
TODAY, THE WORLD’S LARGEST
DEMOCRACY, FOR A TWO-DAY STATE
VISIT BRANDED [ SPEAKING IN
FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] PRIME
MINISTER MODI AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP ARE EXPECTED TO ANNOUNCE
NEW AGREEMENTS ON PURCHASE OF
U.S. MILITARY EQUIPMENT AND
POSSIBLE ENERGY COOPERATION
AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF
INFLUENCE.
INFLUENCE. PRIOR TO THE TRIP, SAID THEY
WILL RELY CONCERNS ABOUT THE
TREATMENT OF RELIGIOUS
MINORITIES IN INDIA.
THIS IS PRESIDENT TRUMP’S FIRST
VISIT TO INDIA AS PRESIDENT AND
THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE U.S.
PRESIDENT TO VISIT THE COUNTRY.
JOINING US NOW IN NEW DELHI,
INDIA, WHITE HOUSE REPORTER FOR
ASSOCIATED PRESS JONATHAN
LEMIRE.
LEMIRE. WHAT MORE CAN WE EXPECT FROMS
VISIT AND WHAT IS HE HOPING
EXACTLY TO ACCOMPLISH?
>> Reporter: HI, MIKA.
THIS TRIP IS GOING TO BE A LOT
MORE STYLE THAN SUBSTANCE, AND
PAGEANTRY OVER POLICY.
THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY
RIGHT NOW ARE EN ROUTE TO THE
TAJ MAHAL GIVEN A PRIVATE TOUR,
THE FAMOUS WONDER THE WORLD
WITHIN THE NEXT HALF HOUR OR SO.
HE ARRIVED EARLIER TODAY.
THRONGS ARE PEOPLE IN THE
STREETS, TREATED TO DANCERS,
MUSICIANS, IN PRIME MINISTER
MODI’S HOMETOWN.
MODI’S HOMETOWN. HE STOPPED BY MOHAMMED GADNY’S
HUMBLE HOME TODAY AND SCENE THE
SITE FOR GANDHI AND OVER TO THE
STADIUM WHERE PEOPLE WERE PACKED
IN EMPHASIZING U.S.’ FRIENDSHIP
WITH INDIA AND THE U.S.
INDICATING THEY HAVE A TIGHT
BOND.
BOND. NOT EXPECT TO BE MUCH.
ARMIED SALE SY
ARMED SALES, YES, AND TRADE
BETWEEN INDIA AND THE UNITED
STATES BUT NOT EXPECTED TO BE A
BREAKTHROUGH.
BREAKTHROUGH. THIS IS MORE ABOUT SORT OF
RE-EMPHASIZING THE FRIENDSHIP
BETWEEN THESE TWO NATIONS AND
GIVING HIS PRESIDENT CAMPAIGN
COMMERCIAL-READY B ROLL.
CERTAINLY A GOOD LOOK FOR ANY
WHITE HOUSE TO HAVE A PRESIDENT
ON THE WORLD STAGE PARTICULARLY
WHEN YOU CAN CONTRAST THAT
AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS BACK HOME
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. >> WHO, OF COURSE, CAN’T EVEN
COUNT VOTES IN THEIR EARLY
ELECTIONS, NEVADA, JUST LIKE
IOWA.
IOWA. IT’S UNBELIEVABLE.
IT’S UNBELIEVABLE. JONATHAN, TALK ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP, THE POSITIVE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TWO
LEADERS OF THE TWO LARGEST
DEMOCRACIES IN THE WORLD.
BOTH -- I WON’T QUITE SAY STRONG
MEN, BUT TWO -- TWO LEADERS WHO
HAVE STRONG-MAN INSTINCTS, AND,
AGAIN, LIKE I SAID, THE TWO
LARGEST DEMOCRACIES IN THE
WORLD.
WORLD. THESE TWO GET ALONG FAIRLY WELL.
DON’T THEY?
DON’T THEY? >> Reporter: THEY DO, JOE.
YOU’RE RIGHT.
YOU’RE RIGHT. STRONG TENDENCIES IF NOTHING
ELSE.
ELSE. THE BACK HALF OF A HOME IN HOME,
IF YOU WILL.
HOSTED A RALLY IN TEXAS, IN
HOUSTON CALLED HOWDY MODI AND
OVER 50,000 MOSTLY
INDIAN-AMERICANS PACKED THE
STADIUM AND AN EVEN BIGGER CROWD
TODAY.
TODAY. THE WORLD OF THE LARGEST CRICKET
STADIUMS, ONE OF THE TWO LARGEST
IN THE WORLD.
MODI IS A NOTED HUGGER.
THE PRESIDENT ISN’T A HUGGER BUT
ALLOWS MODI TO HUG HIM FROM HEIM
TO TIME AND THEY SHARE SORT OF A
SAME POPULIST STREAK AND THERE’S
A CONNECTION THERE AS WELL.
MODI IS HAVING A LITTLE TOUGH
TIME HERE IN INDIA.
THE ECONOMY HAS REALLY STALLED.
THERE’S, HERE IN DELIE,LNIN DELH
FINANCING HAS RUN OUT.
TRADE TENSION, AS WELL THERE IS
AN ALLIANCE NEEDED TO ATTEMPT
SLOW DOWN THE RIDES OF CHINAEHE
RIGHT HERE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD
AND THE PRESIDENT OFFERED
BROKERS PEACE TALKS BETWEEN
INDIA AND ANCIENT RIVALS
PAKISTAN, ALTHOUGH IT’S NOT
CLEAR ANYONE WILL TAKE HIM UP ON
THAT.
THAT. AS YOU NOTED TO, MIKA DID,
TREATMENT OF MUSLIMS HERE IN
INDIA.
INDIA. IT’S NO THE SURE WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT WILL ADDRESS THAT
PUBLICLY.
PUBLICLY. THAT’S NOT USUALLY HIS STYLE
WHEN JOVEOVERSEAS’S SOMETIMES BR
IT UP PUBLICLY.
UNLIKE OTHER PRESIDENTS,
PROMOTING AMERICAN VALUES ON THE
WORLD STAGE, THIS PRESIDENT
DOESN’T SEEM TO DO THAT.
AT LEAST NOT PUBLICLY.
>> WELL, OF COURSE, ALSO, MANY
PEOPLE SAID THAT PERHAPS THIS
WAS FOR THE PRESIDENT TO HELP
PROMOTE HIS STRUGGLING BRAND,
BUSINESS BRAND, OUTSIDE OF THE
UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES. TRUMP HAS MORE PROPERTIES, MORE
KOND
KOND CONDOMINIUMS, SKYSCRAPERS IN
INDIA THAN ANY OTHER PLACE IN
THE WORLD AND YOU TALKED ABOUT
THE ECONOMY THAT WAS REALLY
DRAGGED DOWN IN INDIA RIGHT NOW.
CERTAINLY DONALD TRUMP AND THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION ARE ACUTELY
FEELING THAT PINCH WITH A LOT OF
THEIR BUILDINGS UNOCCUPIED RIGHT
NOW IN INDIA.
>> THAT’S TRUE, JOE.
THERE’S NONE HERE IN DELHI BUT
ONE IN MUMBAI AND OTHER PROJECTS
IN THE WESTERN PART OF INDIA
THAT HAVE REALLY STALLED AND
JUST BEFORE HE TOOK OFFICE THE
TRUMP ORGANIZATION STRUCK A DEAL
TO LICENSE THE TRUMP NAME ON THE
BUILDINGS SOON TO BE A BOONM HER
IN INDIA BUT THEIR SITTING
LARGELY EARLITY BECAUSE THE
ECONOMY SLOWED DOWN SO
DRAMATICALLY.
DRAMATICALLY. TOMORROW THE PRESIDENT WILL BE
HERE IN DELHI.
A FEW MEETINGS WITH MODI AND
STREETED TO A STATE DINNER
RAISING THE QUESTION WHAT IS THE
PRESIDENT GOING TO EAT?
MODI IS A NOTED VEGETARIAN.
PROMOTES VEGETARIANISM EVERY
CHANCE HE GETS.
THE PRESIDENT IS KNOWN FOR
STEAK, COW, NOT ON THE MENU.
WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IS WILLING
TO TRY DELICACIES OR WHETHER THE
SECRET SERVICE AND WHITE HOUSE
OFFICIALS IMPORTED SOME OF HIS
OWN FAVORITE MEALS BACK FROM THE
WHITE HOUSE.
WHITE HOUSE. >> ALL RIGHT.
JONATHAN LEMIRE, [ SPEAKING IN