Namaste Trump

Namaste Trump
Date24 February 2020 (2020-02-24) – 25 February 2020; 4 years ago (2020-02-25)
Time36 hours
Duration2 days
LocationNarendra Modi Stadium (then Sardar Patel Stadium), Ahmedabad, India
ThemeTraditional
Organized byGovernment of India
Participants100,000–125,000

Namaste Trump (stylised as नमस्ते TRUMP) was a tour event held on 24 and 25 February 2020 in India.[1] It was the inaugural visit of the then US President Donald Trump and his family to India.[2][3] A rally event of the same name was held in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, and was the highlight of the tour, as a response to the "Howdy Modi" event held in Houston, Texas, in September 2019.[4] The Motera Stadium (now known as Narendra Modi Stadium) hosted US President Trump and his family along with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An attendance of over 100,000 people was reported,[5] with some speculating an attendance as high as 125,000.[6] The tour was originally named "Kem Chho Trump" but was renamed by the Government of India to promote Indian nationalism over regionalism.[a][7]

  1. ^ "Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium to host US President Donald Trump". CNBC TV18. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  2. ^ Parashar, Sachin (24 February 2020). "After Trump, Crimean deputy PM & FM to arrive on 'unofficial' visit". The Times of India.
  3. ^ Chatterji, Rohini (19 February 2020). "Donald Trump's Visit: Here's Everything Modi Govt Is Brushing Under The Carpet". HuffPost India. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  4. ^ Pradhan, Bibhudatta (17 February 2020). "It will be Namaste Trump in India after Howdy Modi in US". Bloomberg.
  5. ^ "'Namaste Trump': Modi Holds Huge Rally for President's Visit". The New York Times. Reuters. 24 February 2020. Archived from the original on 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (24 February 2020). "'Namaste Trump': India welcomes US president at Modi rally". The Guardian.
  7. ^ "'Kem Chho' Out, 'Namaste' In: Trump's Gujarat Event Renamed, Centre Picks National Theme Over Regional". News18. 16 February 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.


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