Namaste Trump: Difference between revisions

|place=[[Narendra Modi Stadium]] (then Motera Stadium), [[Ahmedabad, India|Ahmedabad]], [[India]]

'''''Namaste Trump''''' was a tour event held on 24 and 25 February 2020 in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.cnbctv18.com/videos/politics/ahmedabads-motera-stadium-to-host-us-president-donald-trump-5304111.htm |title=Ahmedabad's Motera Stadium to host US President Donald Trump |work=[[CNBC TV18]] |date=14 February 2020 |access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> It was the inaugural visit of the [[US President]] [[Donald Trump]] and his family to India.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/after-trump-crimean-deputy-pm-fm-to-arrive-on-unofficial-visit/articleshow/74275016.cms |title=After Trump, Crimean deputy PM & FM to arrive on 'unofficial' visit |first=Sachin |last=Parashar |date=24 February 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref name="HuffPoCarpet">{{Cite news |last=Chatterji |first=Rohini |date=19 February 2020 |title=Donald Trump's Visit: Here's Everything Modi Govt Is Brushing Under The Carpet |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.in/entry/donald-trump-visit-ahmedabad-costs_in_5e4cce91c5b6b0f6bff15858 |access-date=7 July 2020 |work=[[HuffPost India]] |language=en}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-17/it-ll-be-namaste-trump-in-india-after-howdy-modi-in-texas |title=It will be Namaste Trump in India after Howdy Modi in US |work=Bloomberg |first=Bibhudatta |last=Pradhan |date=17 February 2020}}</ref> The [[Narendra Modi Stadium]] (then known as Motera Stadium) hosted US President Trump and his family along with Indian Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]]. An attendance of over 100,000 people was reported,<ref>{{cite news |agency=Reuters |work=[[The New York Times]] |title='Namaste Trump': Modi Holds Huge Rally for President's Visit |date=24 February 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/24/world/asia/24reuters-india-usa-trump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305143748/https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/24/world/asia/24reuters-india-usa-trump.html |archive-date=5 March 2020}}</ref> with some speculating an attendance as high as 125,000.<ref name="GuardianWelcomes24Feb">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |title='Namaste Trump': India welcomes US president at Modi rally |first=Hannah |last=Ellis-Petersen |date=24 February 2020 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/feb/24/namaste-donald-trump-india-welcomes-us-president-narendra-modi-rally}}</ref> The tour was originally named "Kem Chho Trump" but was renamed by the [[Government of India]] to promote [[Indian nationalism]] over [[Culture of Gujarat|regionalism]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=16 February 2020 |title='Kem Chho' Out, 'Namaste' In: Trump's Gujarat Event Renamed, Centre Picks National Theme Over Regional |work=[[News18]] |url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/kem-chho-out-namaste-in-trumps-gujarat-event-renamed-as-centre-picks-national-theme-over-regional-2502509.html |access-date=13 May 2020}}</ref>