Donald Trump Speaks In Edison, N.J

He also praised Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “great man”, saying the two nations would be “best friends” and “there won’t be any relationship more important to us”.

“I am a big fan of Hindu and I am a big fan of India”, Trump told the audience in Edison, N.J.

The speech was aimed at brandishing the outspoken real estate tycoon’s chops on the worldwide stage, which he leaned into by pointing to his business experience.

During a brief news conference in the back area, Kumar spoke behind a lectern and said the Bollywood performers were to provide entertainment, but also to raise awareness about victims of terrorism. On the other hand, Trump has often said he would curtail immigration to the United States, which seemed at odds in a room filled with immigrants and those hoping to become Americans.

The fact that India is now at loggerheads with Pakistan over Kashmir, who Trump ceremoniously attacked in his speech, gave the crowd an incentive to believe that the Republican candidate, for all his attacks on minorities, will at least stand with the Hindus living in America. He said PM Modi has boosted India’s economic growth by reforming country’s bureaucracy and implementing a series of economic reforms, which is required in the usa as well. And yet, the US-India relationship has flourished primarily because of free trade.

“Modi is probably cleaner than Trump and he has a history of good character and ingenuity”, said Ankur Dyagi, a bank worker from Pennsylvania who said he’d also vote for Trump because he’s “against the establishment”.

This is for the first time in the last two presidential elections that a presidential candidate would be making an appearance at an Indian-American event. If the ban includes countries with large Muslim population, does that include India, with the second largest Muslim population in the world? On the other hand, Mr Trump has often said he would curtail immigration to the United States, which seemed at odds in a room filled with immigrants and those hoping to become Americans.

To which quite strangely Trump portrayed a humble-self and replied, “Well, I have discussed that, and I think that’s very much, you know we are doing very well in the polls”. Incredible people, incredible country.

It was box that Trump himself ticked off when he said India has seen first hand the brutality of terrorism and cross-border violence. We are going to do a lot of business with India.

When questioned about his views on terrorism, Trump blamed Islam for this and said, “We will have to be very, very strong with respect to radical Islamic terrorism”. Organisers had Prabhu Deva and Shahid Kapoor shaking a leg along with a fake Michael Jackson to rev up the event, but the skit depicting radical Islamic terrorism was what had people raising eyebrows.

Shalabh Kumar, RHC founder and one of Trump’s biggest backers claimed Trump was all about “development, prosperity and job growth”.

Clinton’s campaign for months has been eyeing an expansion into Arizona, where Hispanic voters make up more than 15 percent of the electorate, and Trump’s sharp language about Hispanic immigrants have left him vulnerable, said Republican pollster Whit Ayers, an adviser to Florida Sen.

Trump, who is fighting to keep his presidential chances alive, may not be able to swing Indian Americans his way; the community has voted and supported Democrats historically. We will stand soldier to soldier in this fight.