1. 58th presidential election, in USA was held on Tuesday, November 8, 2016. Trump was elected.
2. Trump is a business tycoon of America, who has not proved to be in league with many of his predecessors like Lincoln, Kennedy or many more.
3. Trump recently faced impeachment proceedings, although he got saved by a thin margin. If the effort to impeach him will get him sympathy, I have my doubts.
4. The fact is that the next American election is due on Tuesday, 3 November, 2020. Trump is most likely to try and be re-elected.
5. An event named "Howdy, Modi!" was held at the sprawling NRG Football Stadium in Houston in 2019, before Modi's bid to be re-elected as India's Prime Minister. It was the largest gathering ever for an elected foreign leader visiting the United States.
6. Trump, although quite reluctantly had decided to attend Modi's event in Houston, after the intelligence agencies of America, cleared to him at almost the last moment, that it could be good for him, although in the end he was quite impressed.
7. Now Trump is going to attend an event in Ahmedabad in Gujrat, India, seen as being organised by Modi to impress Trump, the World, aswellas the bhkatas back home. Technically the event is designed to be a Trump election campaign so to say, but deep inside, it's a Modi promotion campaign.
8. Trump in his own words has been promised by Modi, a minimum gathering of 6 million people, which means 6000,000 people, that is 60 lakh people. I wonder how the government is planning to first gather, and then manage such huge crowds.
9. China is suffering a social and economic setback, courtesy Corona Virus. There is a lot of trust deficit that China has suffered, betwen Chinese government and international community as well with it's own people. This might be seen as an opportunity by India, to tell Americans to invest in India, but will our leadership use the opportunity well, or is it that our Pradhan Sevak is once again, only going to end up being a Pradhan Prachark for a not so popular American Leader.
10. Also it is hard to digest Modi and Trump dancing to Dandiya tunes, when China as a nation, and the world at large is facing a medical emergency.
11. How things will turn out, only time will tell. I am sure the event won't make Trump, any more or less popular amongst Americans because after all these 6 million Indians are not going to vote for Trump in American election. Modi on the other hand has nothing to lose, although the event will in the long run not translate in to 'Har Ghar Modi'. It will only result in public saying, 'Band karo yah Nautanki'.
✒Guru Balwant Gurunay.⚔
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